inscribe
verb /ɪnˈskraɪb/
/ɪnˈskraɪb/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they inscribe | /ɪnˈskraɪb/ /ɪnˈskraɪb/ |
| he / she / it inscribes | /ɪnˈskraɪbz/ /ɪnˈskraɪbz/ |
| past simple inscribed | /ɪnˈskraɪbd/ /ɪnˈskraɪbd/ |
| past participle inscribed | /ɪnˈskraɪbd/ /ɪnˈskraɪbd/ |
| -ing form inscribing | /ɪnˈskraɪbɪŋ/ /ɪnˈskraɪbɪŋ/ |
- to write or cut words, your name, etc. onto something
- inscribe A (on/in B) His name was inscribed on the trophy.
- The names of the king and queen were inscribed above the door.
- inscribe B (with A) The trophy was inscribed with his name.
- She signed the book and inscribed the words ‘with grateful thanks’ on it.
- She was presented with an inscribed gold watch.
Extra Examples- Her name was inscribed on the watch.
- The volume had been personally inscribed by the author.
- (figurative) These notions were deeply inscribed in American law.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- personally
- deeply
- on
- with
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin inscribere, from in- ‘into’ + scribere ‘write’.