Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Inscribe \In*scribe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inscribed}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Inscribing}.] [L. inscribere. See 1st {In-}, and
   {Scribe}.]
   1. To write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read;
      to imprint.

            Inscribe a verse on this relenting stone. --Pope.

   2. To mark with letters, charakters, or words.

            O let thy once lov'd friend inscribe thy stone.
                                                  --Pope.

   3. To assign or address to; to commend to by a shot address;
      to dedicate informally; as, to inscribe an ode to a
      friend. --Dryden.

   4. To imprint deeply; to impress; to stamp; as, to inscribe a
      sentence on the memory.

   5. (Geom.) To draw within so as to meet yet not cut the
      boundaries.

   Note: A line is inscribed in a circle, or in a sphere, when
         its two ends are in the circumference of the circle, or
         in the surface of the sphere. A triangle is inscribed
         in another triangle, when the three angles of the
         former are severally on the three sides of the latter.
         A circle is inscribed in a polygon, when it touches
         each side of the polygon. A sphere is inscribed in a
         polyhedron, when the sphere touches each boundary plane
         of the polyhedron. The latter figure in each case is
         circumscribed about the former.

Source : WordNet®

inscribed
     adj 1: written (by handwriting, printing, engraving, or carving) on
            or in a surface
     2: cut or impressed into a surface; "an incised design";
        "engraved invitations" [syn: {engraved}, {etched}, {graven},
         {incised}]