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Traditional English :: inscribe
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inscription.html - v.tr. 1 a (usu. foll. by in, on) write or carve (words etc.) on stone, metal, paper, a book, etc. b (usu. foll. by with) mark (a sheet, tablet, etc.) with characters. 2 (usu. foll. by to) write an informal dedication (to a person) in or on (a book etc.). 3 enter the name of (a person) on a list or in a book. 4 Geom. draw (a figure) within another so that some or all points of it lie on the boundary of the other (cf. CIRCUMSCRIBE). 5 (esp. as inscribed adj.) Brit. issue ( stock etc.) in the form of shares with registered holders. inscribable adj. inscriber n. [L inscribere inscript- (as IN-(2), scribere write)] |
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Traditional English :: inscription
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inscription.html - n. 1 words inscribed, esp. on a monument, coin, stone, or in a book etc. 2 a the act of inscribing, esp. the informal dedication of a book etc. b an instance of this. inscriptional adj. inscriptive adj. [ME f. L inscriptio (as INSCRIBE)] |
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Traditional English :: inscribe
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inscription.html - v.tr. 1 a (usu. foll. by in, on) write or carve (words etc.) on stone, metal, paper, a book, etc. b (usu. foll. by with) mark (a sheet, tablet, etc.) with characters. 2 (usu. foll. by to) write an informal dedication (to a person) in or on (a book etc.). 3 enter the name of (a person) on a list or in a book. 4 Geom. draw (a figure) within another so that some or all points of it lie on the boundary of the other (cf. CIRCUMSCRIBE). 5 (esp. as inscribed adj.) Brit. issue ( stock etc.) in the form of shares with registered holders. inscribable adj. inscriber n. [L inscribere inscript- (as IN-(2), scribere write)] |
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Traditional English :: inscription
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inscription.html - n. 1 words inscribed, esp. on a monument, coin, stone, or in a book etc. 2 a the act of inscribing, esp. the informal dedication of a book etc. b an instance of this. inscriptional adj. inscriptive adj. [ME f. L inscriptio (as INSCRIBE)] |
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Traditional English :: inscrutable
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inscription.html - adj. wholly mysterious, impenetrable. inscrutability n. inscrutableness n. inscrutably adv. [ME f. eccl.L inscrutabilis (as IN-(1), scrutari search: see SCRUTINY )] |
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Traditional English :: inscape
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inscription.html - n. literary the unique inner quality or essence of an object etc. as shown in a work of art, esp. a poem. [perh. f. IN-(2) + -SCAPE] |
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