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Inscribe

verb

(past & past part. inscribed; pres. part. inscribing)

Carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface. Synonyms: engrave, grave, scratch. "Engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's" , "The lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree"

Draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible.

Write, engrave, or print as a lasting record.

Mark with one's signature. Synonym: autograph.

Convert ordinary language into code. Synonyms: cipher, code, cypher, encipher, encrypt, write in code.

Address, (a work of literature) in a style less formal than a dedication.

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"Inscribe" Quotes from Famous Books

... I saw in the manner my wife's petition was presented, that Mr. Curtis was acting under instructions, and I saw the reporters prick up their ears.' Turning to Mrs. Stanton, he asked, 'You are so tenacious about your own name, why did you not inscribe my wife's maiden name, Mary Cheney Greeley, on her petition?' 'Because,' she replied, 'I wanted all the world to know that it was the wife of Horace Greeley who protested against her husband's report.' 'Well,' ...

— The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) • Ida Husted Harper

... might be to those over the graves of her grandmother and grandfather. I gave the dates and places of her birth and death, but added nothing except that this stone was set up by one who had known and loved her. Knowing how fond she had been of music I had been half inclined at one time to inscribe a few bars of music, if I could find any which seemed suitable to her character, but I knew how much she would have disliked anything singular in connection with her tombstone and did not ...

— The Way of All Flesh • Samuel Butler

... weel, come woe, I was still simple Nicol Middlemiss. Ne'er hae I been able to get the better o' my easy disposition. It has made me acquainted wi' misery—it has kept me constantly in the company o' poverty; and, when I'm dead, if onybody erect a gravestane for me, they may inscribe ...

— Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 • Alexander Leighton

... have indited my notes day by day. Henceforward it is imperative that I should inscribe them hour by hour, minute by minute. Who knows but what Thomas Roch's last secret may be revealed to me and that I shall have time to commit it to paper! Should I die during the attack God grant that the account of the five months ...

— Facing the Flag • Jules Verne

... Lilith was feared by divers nations. When children died of diseases not properly understood, their deaths were attributed to Lilith, who was supposed to carry out her wicked purposes as an aerial spectre. Newly married pairs were accustomed to inscribe the names of angels on the inside partitions of their houses, and the names of Adam and Eve and the words "Begone, Lilith," on the outside walls. The name Lilith was given to women suspected of holding ...

— The Mysteries of All Nations • James Grant

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