\In*scribe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inscribed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Inscribing}.] [L. inscribere. See 1st {In-}, and
{Scribe}.]
1. To write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read;
   to imprint.
         Inscribe a verse on this relenting stone. --Pope.
2. To mark with letters, charakters, or words.
         O let thy once lov'd friend inscribe thy stone.
                                               --Pope.
3. To assign or address to; to commend to by a shot address;
   to dedicate informally; as, to inscribe an ode to a
   friend. --Dryden.
4. To imprint deeply; to impress; to stamp; as, to inscribe a
   sentence on the memory.
5. (Geom.) To draw within so as to meet yet not cut the
   boundaries.
Note: A line is inscribed in a circle, or in a sphere, when
      its two ends are in the circumference of the circle, or
      in the surface of the sphere. A triangle is inscribed
      in another triangle, when the three angles of the
      former are severally on the three sides of the latter.
      A circle is inscribed in a polygon, when it touches
      each side of the polygon. A sphere is inscribed in a
      polyhedron, when the sphere touches each boundary plane
      of the polyhedron. The latter figure in each case is
      circumscribed about the former.