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inscroll

inscroll verb: to write on a scroll; to record.

Verb

inscroll (third-person singular simple present inscrolls, present participle inscrolling, simple past and past participle inscrolled)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To write on a scroll; to record.
    • Your answere had not beene inscrold.c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  2. to curl up like a scroll

Forms of inscroll

third-person singular presentinscrolls
present participleinscrolling
past participleinscrolled
pastinscrolled
alternative forminscrol

Origin of inscroll

From in- + scroll.

Questions about inscroll

What does inscroll mean?
Inscroll means to write on a scroll; to record.
What part of speech is inscroll?
Inscroll is a verb.
What is the past tense of inscroll?
The past tense of inscroll is inscrolled.

Words near inscroll in the dictionary

  1. inscripturates
  2. inscripturating
  3. inscripturation
  4. inscripturations
  5. inscriptured
  6. inscroll
  7. inscrolled
  8. inscrolling
  9. inscrolls
  10. inscrutabilities
  11. inscrutability

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