To write or engrave; mark, as letters or signs, by writing or engraving; specifically, to display in writing on something durable or conspicuous: as, to inscribe a name on a roll, tablet, or monument.To write or engrave the name of, as on a list or tablet; enroll in writing: as, to be inscribed among the councilors.To mark with characters or words.To dedicate or commend (a book or other writing) by a short address less formal than a dedication.To imprint deeply; impress: as, to inscribe something on the memory.In geometry, to draw or delineate in or within, as chords or angles within a circle, or as a rectilinear figure within a curvilinear one.