To inscribe, engrave, or imprint a name or words on something (literary/formal variant of 銘する).
戦没者の名前を慰霊碑に銘ずる式典が行われた。
A ceremony was held to inscribe the names of the war dead on the memorial monument.
彼は自分の信念を胸に銘ずると言った。
He said he would engrave his convictions in his heart.
記念品の裏に日付と名前を銘ずる。
I inscribe the date and name on the back of the commemorative item.