inscribe

verb (inscribe, inscribes, inscribed, inscribing)

«inscribe» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

To inscribe words or a design is to write, carve or engrave them on something, like stone, metal or a ring. tree →
To inscribe a book is to write a personal message in it. tree →
(maths) To inscribe a shape inside another is to draw it so that it fits exactly inside, touching it, like a circle inscribed in a square. tree →

In the lessons

In history lessons, names are inscribed on monuments and ancient stones. In geometry an inscribed circle touches every side of the shape. In everyday life trophies and rings are inscribed with names. Phrases: inscribed on, inscribed with, inscribed circle.

Examples

The names of the soldiers are inscribed on the stone. tree →
The trophy was inscribed with the winner's name. tree →
The author inscribed my book: «To Lily, keep reading!» tree →
Draw a circle inscribed in the square so it touches all four sides. tree →
Ancient Egyptians inscribed words on temple walls. tree →
Her bracelet is inscribed with her initials. tree →
A triangle inscribed in a circle has its corners on the circle. tree →
Prince Mannikin was seized with a violent desire to inscribe his name among the others, but the remembrance of his dependent position and his lack of wealth held him back. tree →

Note

Regular verb: inscribed. Noun: inscription (the words written). In maths: a circle inscribed in a square of side 10 cm has a diameter of 10 cm; «circumscribed» is the opposite — drawn around the outside.

In Jewish tradition

Here it means to write something down permanently so that people in the future can read it.

Interpretation. Isaiah is told to write his message on a tablet and in a book so it will stand as a witness for later times.

Examples

Now go, write it before them on a tablet, and inscribe it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever. (Prophets ISA.30.8, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «inscribe» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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Trees and pragmatics of «inscribe» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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