countersign vs inscribe

countersign

verb
  • To sign on the opposite side of (a document). 

  • To add a second signature to a document, affirming the validity of the signature of another person. 

noun
  • A second signature added to a document to affirm the validity of the signature of the first person. 

  • The response to a sign or signal. 

inscribe

verb
  • To write or cut (words) onto (something, especially a hard surface, or a book to be given to another person); to engrave. 

  • To draw a circle, sphere, etc. inside a polygon, polyhedron, etc. and tangent to all its sides. 

How often have the words countersign and inscribe occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )