Crossword clues for inscribing
inscribing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inscribe \In*scribe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inscribed; p. pr. & vb. n. Inscribing.] [L. inscribere. See 1st In-, and Scribe.]
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To write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read; to imprint.
Inscribe a verse on this relenting stone.
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To mark with letters, characters, or words.
O let thy once lov'd friend inscribe thy stone.
--Pope. To assign or address to; to commend to by a short address; to dedicate informally; as, to inscribe an ode to a friend.
--Dryden.To imprint deeply; to impress; to stamp; as, to inscribe a sentence on the memory.
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(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.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of inscribe English)
Usage examples of "inscribing".
In my book, Candle Power (see page 298), I have written in detail about making your own candle oils and ways of inscribing candles with magical alphabets.
From under the stationery catalogue he drew out a piece of parchment so splendid with calligraphy (it's mostly done by automatic writing these days, as with the quills inscribing symbols on the silk instrument covers at Bakhtiar's, but it still looks mighty impressive) and gaudy with seals.
Another technician was inscribing magical characters onto hazehvood wands and cane staffs.
From under the stationery catalogue he drew out a piece of parchment so splendid with calligraphy (it's mostly done by automatic writing these days, as with the quills inscribing symbols on the silk instrument covers at Bakhtiar's, but it stffl looks mighty impressive) and gaudy with seals.
As if able to read, she would watch the pen as it scratched across parchment, inscribing letters to notables or documents of state.
A sudden broad grin, then a quick succession of gestures - a hand lifting, as if holding an invisible rock or ball, then the hand flipping, index finger inscribing a circle, followed by a jerk of the thumb towards the east, concluded with a shrug.
Then, with her face once again twisted into that overwhelming triumph, she drew the symbols on the face of the water, inscribing them with sooty orange flame.
He'd be out there picking the pockets of the other Gods and inscribing off-color jokes in the constellations.
Arkoniel said, trying to read the sigils lya was inscribing into the circle.
So he ordered a document drawn up and sent to the Royal Archives, inscribing your name on the rolls of the family conDoin, adopting you into our house.