inscribes

Etches into stone

Inscribes is the third-person singular of inscribe, meaning to write, carve, or engrave words or symbols on a surface: The jeweler inscribes initials on the inside of wedding bands.

Authors inscribe books when they write dedications to recipients.

In geometry, to inscribe a figure is to draw it inside another so that their boundaries touch: a triangle inscribed in a circle.

engraves

etches

Cuts designs into surfaces

cuts · scores · imprints · embosses · marks · graves · stipples · scratches · grooves · notches

writes

pens

Handheld writing implements

drafts · records · transcribes · chronicles · documents · notes · dedicates · signs · letters · manuscripts

geometry

circles

Equidistant curves from centers

constructs · compass · bisects · bounds · contains · encloses · tangent · radius · diameter · vertices

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permanence of marking

inscribeserases

Removes marks completely

deletes · effaces · obliterates · expunges · removes

action direction

inscribeserases

Removes marks completely

removes · excises · strikes out · crosses out · redacts

formality/permanence of record

inscribesscribbles

Hasty, careless marks

scrawls · jots · doodles · sketches

Family

inscribe, inscribed, inscribing, inscriber, inscribers

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