Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Cut, carved, or engraved into a surface: Refers to marks, words, or designs that have been permanently etched or impressed into a hard material.
   • Written on a surface: Refers to words or symbols that have been added to a surface by handwriting, printing, or carving.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The ancient stone bore an inscribed message from a long-forgotten king.
  • She received an inscribed silver locket with her initials on it.
  • The trophy was inscribed with the winner's name and the date.

Advanced Usage

• "to be inscribed on/in something": to be permanently marked onto a surface or within an object.
  • The names of the fallen soldiers are inscribed on the memorial wall.
  • The principles of the club are inscribed in its founding charter.
• "to be inscribed with something": to have a specific text or design marked upon it.
  • The ring was inscribed with a date.

Variants and Related Words

• Inscribe (verb): To write, carve, or engrave words or symbols onto a surface.
  • They will inscribe a plaque for the new building.
• Inscription (noun): The words or symbols that have been inscribed; the act of inscribing.
  • We couldn't read the faded inscription on the tombstone.

Synonyms

• Engraved: Cut or carved into a hard surface.
• Etched: Engraved by using acid to cut into a surface.
• Carved: Cut into a material to create a design or letters.
• Imprinted: Pressed or stamped to leave a mark.

Related Phrases

• Inscribed angle (Geometry): An angle formed by two chords in a circle that share an endpoint.
  • The student calculated the measure of the inscribed angle.

Adjective

1. cut or impressed into a surface
   • an incised design
   • engraved invitations
2. written (by handwriting, printing, engraving, or carving) on or in a surface