Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Inscribe (-s)
inscribe (-s), v. [L. inscrībere, write in or on.] (webplay: touch).
- Imprint; [fig] indicate.
- Write; engrave for duration; carve a line of verse on a monument; [fig.] memorialize; ensure perpetuity of an individual after death.
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