inscribe

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To write or carve words onto a surface, often as a lasting record.

   His name was inscribed on the trophy.

2. 2
   verb

   To write a short personal message in a book before giving it to someone.

   She inscribed the novel with a note for her friend.

Simplified etymology

Inscribe, recorded in late Middle English, comes ultimately from Latin scribere, “to write.” It belongs to the same word family as scripture, scribe, script, and scribble.

Borrowed from Latin īnscrībō, from in- (“upon”) and scrībō (“to write”).

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