escribe

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verb

To draw outside of; designating a circle that touches one of the sides of a given triangle, and also the extensions of the other two sides.

Opposite
inscribe
OriginLatin e →
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Meanings

verbescribe (third-person singular simple present escribes, present participle escribing, simple past and past participle escribed)

present singular third person escribes · participle present escribing · participle past escribed · past escribed

  1. transitivegeometryTo draw outside of; designating a circle that touches one of the sides of a given triangle, and also the extensions of the other two sides.

    Antonyms: inscribe

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo draw outside of; designating a circle that touches one of the sides of a given triangle, and also the extensions of the other two sides.

Opposite
inscribe

Origin

  1. Latine“out, out of”
  2. Englishescribe

From Latin e (“out, out of”) + scribere (“to write”).

More words from Latin

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Translations

Bulgarian описвам
  • описвам (opisvam)To draw outside of
Czech opsat
  • opsatTo draw outside of
Russian опи́сывать, описа́ть
  • опи́сывать (opísyvatʹ)To draw outside of
  • описа́ть (opisátʹ)To draw outside of
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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “escribe,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escribe.

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