inscribere

inscribere [CL] 1 to impress. b to write on, inscribe (a blank surface; also fig.). c (w. dat.) to imprint on (also fig.). d (intr.) to write (on). stelliones ‥ vestigia profundius ~unt [gl.: enstrent, entrent, encherchent] Neckam Ut. 108.  b columba ‥ niveam menbranam aureis litteris Anglice inscriptam ‥ ferens V. Kenelmi B f. 81va; quod cedulas illas, sive vacuas sive inscriptas, sigillo nostro signatas, ei traderet Gir. SD 82; et candens inscribitur / calamo frons purpurato / que sputo depingitur J. Howd. Sal. 19. 9.  c nunc utinam, quo quisque animo, quo fulserit ore / quis membris inscriptus honos, quis pectora motus / extulerit, meminisse queam J. Exon. BT IV 36; omnis creatura rationalis ‥ legem accepit naturalem menti sue inscriptam Gros. Cess. Leg. I 6. 8.  d loca ‥ sunt quasi tabule quibus ~imus, ymagines quasi littere eis inscripte Bradw. AM 3. 2 to write down (figure, character or sim.). 758 (12c) signum manus Kynewlfi regis. hoc signum ego K. episcopus ‥ inscripsi et subscripsi CS 185; articulus si sit, in primo limite cifram, / articulum vero reliquis inscribe figuris (Carm. Alg. 94) Early Arith. 74; littere ‥ inscripte Bradw. AM 3 (v. 1d supra). 3 to entitle, name. quare hoc novum opusculum meum ‘De fortune prestigiis’ ~atur P. Blois Ep. 19. 71B; s1207 in quodam libello qui ~itur ‘De symonia’ Ann. Margan 28. 4 to write (charter or sim.) as record. b to record (gift, privilege, or sim.). c (w. pred.) to record as. 939 (15c) haec carta inscripta est de v mansis terre ad Archet adjacentibus CS 744.  b a939 (13c) plura alia privilegia hic ~untur CS 736; 944 (15c) hoc consecrationis dono inscripto Admundus rex Hamtun ad donacionem imperpetuum conscripsit CS 793; c1192 salvo servicio de terris hac [sc. carta] inscriptis Regesta Scot. 333.  c qui fedus morti fecerant / et nos servos inscripserant / cum ederent illicitum J. Howd. Cyth. 61. 8. 5 to write against, accuse, indict. b (intr.) to subscribe an accusation. outelawyde ‥; versus: ‥ inscriptus manet in patria, sed re spoliatur CathA.  b aut fama est orta a certis personis providis et discretis ‥ ante infamiam pape volentibus papam accusare de heresi: aut orta est ab incerto auctore volente contra papam inscribere, seu denunciare volente Ockham Dial. 562.