Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: inscribe
IPA transcription: [,ɪnskɹ'aɪb]
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe
    Meaning: carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree"
Usage examples
  • Thirdly, they gave me, 'Ridd never be ridden,' and fearing to make any further objections, I let them inscribe it in bronze upon blue.
  • Brooding over this disappointment, the idea of trying solid figures suddenly strikes him. "What have plane figures to do with the celestial orbits?" he cries out; "inscribe the regular solids." And then--brilliant idea--he remembers that there are but five.