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in·scribe  audio  (n-skrb) KEY 

TRANSITIVE VERB:
in·scribed, in·scrib·ing, in·scribes
    1. To write, print, carve, or engrave (words or letters) on or in a surface.
    2. To mark or engrave (a surface) with words or letters.
  2. To enter (a name) on a list or in a register.
    1. To sign one's name or write a brief message in or on (a gift book or photograph, for example).
    2. To dedicate to someone.
  4. Mathematics To draw (one figure) within another figure so that every vertex of the enclosed figure touches the outer figure.
ETYMOLOGY:
Latin nscrbere : in-, in, on ; see in-2 + scrbere, to write; see skrbh- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
in·scriber(Noun)


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