Found 3 items, similar to inscribing.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: inscribing pengguratan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: inscribe inscribe v 1: carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; “engrave a pen”; “engraved the winner's name onto the trophy cup” [syn: engrave, grave] 2: register formally as a participant or member; “The party recruited many new members” [syn: enroll, enter, enrol, recruit] 3: draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible 4: write, engrave, or print as a lasting record 5: mark with one's signature; “The author autographed his book” [syn: autograph] 6: convert ordinary language into code; “We should encode the message for security reasons” [syn: encode, code, encipher, cipher, cypher, encrypt, write in code] [ant: decode] 7: address, as a work of literature, in a style less formal than a dedication
English → English (gcide) Definition: Inscribing Inscribe \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. [1913 Webster] Inscribe a verse on this relenting stone. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. To mark with letters, characters, or words. [1913 Webster] O let thy once lov'd friend inscribe thy stone. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 3. To assign or address to; to commend to by a short address; to dedicate informally; as, to inscribe an ode to a friend. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 4. To imprint deeply; to impress; to stamp; as, to inscribe a sentence on the memory. [1913 Webster] 5. (Geom.) To draw within so as to meet yet not cut the boundaries. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]