inscribe
Carve into surface
Inscribe means to write, carve, or engrave words or symbols on a surface, typically one that is durable like stone, metal, or the pages of a book.
The jeweler inscribed their initials on the inside of the ring.
When you inscribe a book, you write a personal dedication in it.
In geometry, to inscribe a figure means to draw it inside another so that their boundaries touch at certain points: inscribe a triangle within a circle.
The word often carries connotations of permanence and formality.
Incise a surface
- chiselEdged carving implement
- inciseCut into material
- carveCut to shape
- engraveCarve designs permanently
burin · stylus · graver · score · gouge · stipple · intaglio · emboss
Offering of respect
- commemorateHonor the memory of
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- memorializeHonor through lasting tribute
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
homage · bestow · present · personalize · gift · keepsake · plaque · nameplate
Skill of forming letters
- handwritingManual letter formation
- letteringStyled written characters
- calligraphyOrnamental handwriting art
- flourishTo grow vigorously
serif · font · cursive · italic · monogram · illumination · gilding · parchment
Written or electronic file
- chronicleOrdered historical record
- registerRecord officially; vocal range
- archiveStored historical records
- logSectioned tree trunk
notate · scroll · codex · ledger · annals · testament · covenant · charter
etch
Incise a surface
engrave · burin · stylus · graver · score · gouge · stipple · intaglio · emboss · woodcut
tribute
Offering of respect
- commemorateHonor the memory of
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- memorializeHonor through lasting tribute
dedication · homage · bestow · present · personalize · gift · keepsake · plaque · nameplate · epitaph
penmanship
Skill of forming letters
- handwritingManual letter formation
- letteringStyled written characters
- calligraphyOrnamental handwriting art
flourish · serif · font · cursive · italic · monogram · illumination · gilding · parchment · vellum
document
Written or electronic file
- chronicleOrdered historical record
- registerRecord officially; vocal range
- archiveStored historical records
log · notate · scroll · codex · ledger · annals · testament · covenant · charter · decree
circle
Curved closed shape
angle · compass · diameter · radius · chord · tangent · bisect · construct · vertex
ancestry
Family line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- traditionCustom passed through generations
legacy · heirloom · ancestral · forebears · customs · history · antiquity · artifacts · relics · preservation
- mark makingdraw, sketch, doodle, scribble, trace
- writingwriting, drafting, authors, author, books
- customizationcustomize, customizing, personalize, personalizing, custom
- marksmark, blemish, blotch, stroke, seal of approval
- transformationschange, changes, transform, transforms, transformation
- boundariesboundary, boundary line, borders, border, edges
inscribeerase
Remove recorded marks
efface · obliterate · expunge · delete · rub out
inscribedelist
Remove from official registry
expel · exclude · omit · remove · strike off
inscribedecipher
Convert code to plaintext
decode · read · interpret · transcribe
- royal inscriptionsMonarchs' official carved records
- ancient inscriptionsOld carved or etched writing
- Behistun inscriptionMultilingual Achaemenid rock proclamation
- magical inscriptionMystical text with power
- gravestone inscriptionsText on burial markers
- rock inscriptionsText etched in stone
inscription, inscribed, inscriptions, inscribing, inscribes, inscriber, inscribers