carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; engrave a pen; engraved the trophy cupt with the winners; the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree

[ Syn: scratch , engrave , grave ]

register formally as a participant or member; The party recruited many new members

[ Syn: enroll , enter , enrol , recruit ]

draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible

write, engrave, or print as a lasting record

mark with ones signature; The author autographed his book

[ Syn: autograph ]

convert ordinary language into code; We should encode the message for security reasons

[ Syn: code , encipher , cipher , cypher , encrypt , write in code ]

address, (a work of literature) in a style less formal than a dedication