<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to address or dedicate (a book, photograph, etc.) informally to a person, especially by writing a brief personal note in or on it.</li><li>to mark (a surface) with words, characters, etc., especially in a durable or conspicuous way.</li><li>to write, print, mark, or engrave (words, characters, etc.).</li><li>to enroll, as on an official list.</li><li>Geometry: to draw or delineate (one figure) within another figure so that the inner lies entirely within the boundary of the outer, touching it at as many points as possible; to inscribe a circle in a square.</li><li>British: to issue (a loan) in the form of shares with registered stockholders.</li><li>to sell (stocks).</li><li>to buy (stocks).</li></ul>