(~s, inscribing, ~d)
1.
If you ~ words on an object, you write or carve the words on the object.
Some galleries commemorate donors by inscribing their names on the walls...
...stone slabs ~d with Buddhist texts.
VERB: V n on n, V-ed on/with n
2.
If you ~ something in the front of a book or on a photograph, you write it there, often before giving it to someone.
On the back I had ~d the words: ‘Here’s to Great Ideas! John’...
The book is ~d: To John Arlott from Laurie Lee.
VERB: V n, V-ed quote