Part 5894

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To imprint deeply; to impress; to stamp; <as>as, to <ex>inscribe</ex> a sentence on the memory</as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>To draw within so as to meet yet not cut the boundaries.</def>

<note>&hand; A <i>line</i> 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 <i>triangle</i> is inscribed in another triangle, when the three angles of the former are severally on the three sides of the latter. A <i>circle</i> is inscribed in a polygon, when it touches each side of the polygon. A <i>sphere</i> is inscribed in a polyhedron, when the sphere touches each boundary plane of the polyhedron. The latter figure in each case is <i>circumscribed</i> about the former.</note>

<h1>Inscriber</h1> <Xpage=768>

<hw>In*scrib"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who inscribes.</def>

<i>Pownall.</i>

<h1>Inscriptible</h1> <Xpage=768>

<hw>In*scrip"ti*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being inscribed; inscribable.</def>

<h1>Inscription</h1> <Xpage=768>

<hw>In*scrip"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inscriptio</ets>, fr.<ets>inscribere</ets>, <ets>inscriptum</ets>, to inscribe: cf. F. <ets>inscription</ets>. See <er>Inscribe</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of inscribing.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is inscribed; something written or engraved; especially, a word or words written or engraved on a solid substance for preservation or public inspection; <as>as, <ex>inscriptions</ex> on monuments, pillars, coins, medals, etc.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A line of division or intersection; <as>as, the tendinous <ex>inscriptions</ex>, or intersections, of a muscle</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>An address, consignment, or informal dedication, as of a book to a person, as a mark of respect or an invitation of patronage.</def>

<h1>Inscriptive</h1> <Xpage=768>

<hw>In*scrip"tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Bearing inscription; of the character or nature of an inscription.</def>

<h1>Inscroll</h1> <Xpage=768>

<hw>In*scroll"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Inscrolled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Inscrolling</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To write on a scroll; to record.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>inscrol</asp>.]</altsp>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Inscrutability</h1> <Xpage=768>

<hw>In*scru`ta*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being inscrutable; inscrutableness.</def>

<h1>Inscrutable</h1> <Xpage=768>

<hw>In*scru"ta*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inscrutabilis</ets> : cf. F. <ets>inscrutable</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Scrutiny</er>.]</ety> <def>Unsearchable; incapable of being searched into and understood by inquiry or study; impossible or difficult to be explained or accounted for satisfactorily; obscure; incomprehensible; <as>as, an <ex>inscrutable</ex> design or event</as>.</def>

<blockquote>'T is not in man To yield a reason for the will of Heaven Which is <b>inscrutable</b>. <i>Beau. & Fl.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Waiving a question so <b>inscrutable</b> as this. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Inscrutableness</h1> <Xpage=768>

<hw>In*scru"ta*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being inscrutable; inscrutability.</def>

<h1>Inscrutably</h1> <Xpage=768>