inscribe
to write or carve onto something
Roots
- in- / im- (in/into): in, into, within, or on
- scrib / script: write, draw, or mark
Other words with the scrib / script root
- ascribe: to attribute something to a cause or source
- circumscribe: to limit or draw around
- describe: to say or write what something is like
- inscription: words written or carved onto a surface
- manuscript: a handwritten or typed draft of a text
- prescribe: to officially recommend or order
- proscribe: to forbid officially
Inscribe means write into or onto a surface.
They inscribed the winner's name on the trophy.