v.tr.
1. a (usu. foll. by in, on) write or carve (words etc.) on stone, metal, paper, a book, etc. b (usu. foll. by with) mark (a sheet, tablet, etc.) with characters.
2 (usu. foll. by to) write an informal dedication (to a person) in or on (a book etc.).
3 enter the name of (a person) on a list or in a book.
4 Geom. draw (a figure) within another so that some or all points of it lie on the boundary of the other (cf. CIRCUMSCRIBE).
5 (esp. as inscribed adj.) Brit. issue (stock etc.) in the form of shares with registered holders.
Derivatives:
inscribable adj. inscriber n.
Etymology: L inscribere inscript- (as IN-(2), scribere write)