inscribe

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
inscribe/ɪnˈskrʌɪb/

▶verb

• 1 write or carve (words or symbols) on a surface, especially as a formal or permanent record.

• 2 write a dedication to someone in (a book).

• 3 Geometry draw (a figure) within another so that their boundaries touch but do not intersect. Compare with circumscribe.

• 4 archaic enter the name of (someone) on a list.

– derivatives
inscribable adjective,
inscriber noun.

– origin ME: from L. inscribere, from in- ‘into’ + scribere ‘write’.