Inscription Definition

ĭn-skrĭpshən
inscriptions
noun
inscriptions
The act of inscribing.
Webster's New World
Something inscribed or engraved, as on a coin or monument.
Webster's New World
A piece of material, such as a stone or metal tablet, that is inscribed.
American Heritage
An enrollment or a registration of names.
American Heritage
A short, signed message written in a book, etc. one is presenting as a gift.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Inscription

Noun

Singular:
inscription
Plural:
inscriptions

Origin of Inscription

  • Middle English inscripcioun statement giving the author or title of a book from Latin īnscrīptiō īnscrīptiōn- from īnscrīptus past participle of īnscrībere to inscribe inscribe

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin inscriptionem (inscriptio).

    From Wiktionary

Inscription Sentence Examples

  • On his tomb is the inscription "Approximavit sidera."

  • This well is now surrounded by an enclosure with an inscription upon its cross.

  • The inscription is by Dr Johnson.

  • An inscription shows that Titus in the year after the earthquake of A.D.

  • A faculty was ordered to be issued for the erection of a tombstone, the inscription on which contained the name of a Wesleyan minister prefixed by "reverend";.

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Words Starting With

IININS

Words Ending With

NONION

Unscrambles

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Words Starting With I and Ending With N

Starts With I & Ends With NStarts With IN & Ends With NStarts With I & Ends With ON

Word Length

11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With I11 Letter Words Ending With N