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Antonyms for inscribe

Grammar : Verb
Spell : in-skrahyb
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈskraɪb


Definition of inscribe

Origin :
  • 1550s (form inscriven is from late 14c.), from Latin inscribere "to write in or on," (see inscription). Meaning "to dedicate (by means of an inscription)" is from 1640s. Related: Inscribed; inscribing.
  • verb imprint, write
Example sentences :
  • A statuary was directed to inscribe on a monument the age of the deceased, namely 81.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; » by Various
  • To get by heart; hence to register; to write or inscribe an authentic account of.
  • Extract from : « Orthography » by Elmer W. Cavins
  • Thou must inscribe on a white parchment an image of the sun.
  • Extract from : « Godolphin, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Con was obliged to subjoin: 'Inscribe it on the dungeon-door of tyranny.'
  • Extract from : « The Celt and Saxon, Complete » by George Meredith
  • Those who have by accident passed through it, have not been induced by its appearance to inscribe its name in their note-books.
  • Extract from : « Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches » by Henri de Crignelle
  • In this inscribe an octaedron, and the circle included in this will be the orbit of Mercury.
  • Extract from : « Letters on Astronomy » by Denison Olmsted
  • Use compasses to inscribe the circle, so that it may be perfect.
  • Extract from : « The Library of Work and Play: Needlecraft » by Effie Archer Archer
  • He began to inscribe me as "Salisbury" in the police-book, and was annoyed when corrected.
  • Extract from : « Through the Land of the Serb » by Mary Edith Durham
  • This often cost him a lengthy argument, and he was proud of every man he was able to inscribe.
  • Extract from : « Pelle the Conqueror, Complete » by Martin Anderson Nexo
  • For several reasons I am anxious to inscribe this book to you.
  • Extract from : « The Vanity Girl » by Compton Mackenzie

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