Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (v. t.) To write or engrave; to imprint; to mark down as something to be read.

2. (v. t.) To mark with letters, characters, or words.

3. (v. t.) To assign or address to; to commend to by a shot address; to dedicate informally; as, to inscribe an ode to a friend.

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

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