(a) To write (sth.) down, record, chronicle; list (sth.); also, inscribe (a symbol, name, etc.); also, with adv.: ~ in [quot. c1450(?a1400)]; ppl. titled as adj.: inscribed [quot. c1400]; (b) to give a name to (a book, chart); (c) to ascribe (sth. to sb. or sth.), attribute; also, assign (sth. to sb.); (d) to dedicate (sb. to God); dedicate (a book to sb.); (e) to furnish (sb.) with a rightful claim (to sth.), entitle; (f) error for stightelen v. (b).