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Adjective inscribed has 2 senses
- inscribed - written (by handwriting, printing, engraving, or carving) on or in a surface
Antonym: spoken (indirect, via written)
- engraved, etched, graven, incised, inscribed - cut or impressed into a surface; "an incised design"; "engraved invitations"
Antonym: uncarved (indirect, via carved)
Verb inscribe has 7 senses
- engrave, grave, inscribe - carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the winner's name onto the trophy cup"
--1 is one way to carve, chip at
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- enroll, inscribe, enter, enrol, recruit - register formally as a participant or member; "The party recruited many new members"
--2 is one way to register
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
- inscribe - draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible
--3 is one way to trace, draw, line, describe, delineate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- inscribe - write, engrave, or print as a lasting record
--4 is one way to record, enter, put down
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- autograph, inscribe - mark with one's signature; "The author autographed his book"
--5 is one way to sign
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- encode, code, encipher, cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code - convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons"
--6 is one way to write
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- inscribe - address, as a work of literature, in a style less formal than a dedication
--7 is one way to dedicate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
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