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▪ I. inscript, n.|ˈɪnskrɪpt|
[ad. L. inscript-um that which is written upon anything, an inscription, n. use of neuter of inscript-us: see next.]
1. Something inscribed; an inscription.
1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. x. i. §60. 1235 The inducement thereunto, being no more then a namelesse Inscript shuffled, no man knew whence. 1652Sparke Prim. Devot. (1663) 243 What suiting inscript to the Cross belongs. 1882Col. Yule in Athenæum 17 June 765/1 Some time in the sixteenth century..it is shown by an inscript at the end to have belonged to Symon du Solier, dwelling at Honfleur.
†2. Geom. A line inscribed in a figure; a chord.
1695W. Alingham Geom. Epit. 12 The line AB is also called an Inscript, and when so applyed, is said to cut the Circle.
▪ II. † inˈscript, ppl. a. Obs.
[ad. L. inscript-us, pa. pple. of inscrībĕre to inscribe.]
Inscribed.
1432–50tr. Hidgen (Rolls) V. 11 The name of Ihesu was founde with letters of golde inscripte and wryten in hit. 1592R. D. Hypnerotomachia 16 A shield..whereupon was inscript in Hebrew, Attic and Latine letters, this sentence.
▪ III. inscript, v. rare.|ɪnˈskrɪpt|
[f. L. inscript-, ppl. stem of inscrībĕre to inscribe v.; or back-formation from inscription.]
trans. To inscribe. Hence inˈscripted ppl. a.
1923Public Opinion 16 Feb. 155/3 The statement at the head of this article might usefully be inscripted in all Theological Halls. 1923Blackw. Mag. Feb. 151/1 It does not require inscripted monuments to perpetuate the memory of British deeds. |