escribe

English

The orange circle (excircles) are escribed

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

1. (transitive, geometry) 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.

   Antonym: inscribe

Coordinate terms

• excircle
• incircle
• inscribe

Translations

To draw outside of

• Bulgarian: описвам (bg) (opisvam)
• Czech: opsat (cs) pf
• Russian: опи́сывать (ru) impf (opísyvatʹ), описа́ть (ru) pf (opisátʹ)

References

• “escribed”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Bierces, becries

Asturian

Verb

escribe

1. third-person singular present indicative of escribir

Galician

Verb

escribe

1. inflection of escribir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

escribe

1. inflection of escribir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative