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insculp

insculp verb: to engrave; to carve; to sculpt.

Verb

insculp (third-person singular simple present insculps, present participle insculping, simple past and past participle insculped)

  1. (archaic, rare) To engrave; to carve; to sculpt.
    • A coyne that beares the figure of an Angell
      Stampt in gold, but that's insculpt vpon: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]...

Forms of insculp

third-person singular presentinsculps
present participleinsculping
past participleinsculped
pastinsculped

Origin of insculp

From Latin insculpere. Compare French insculper. See in- and sculptor.

Questions about insculp

What does insculp mean?
Insculp means to engrave; to carve; to sculpt.
What part of speech is insculp?
Insculp is a verb.
What is the past tense of insculp?
The past tense of insculp is insculped.

Words near insculp in the dictionary

  1. inscrutability
  2. inscrutable
  3. inscrutableness
  4. inscrutables
  5. inscrutably
  6. insculp
  7. insculped
  8. insculping
  9. insculps
  10. insculpt
  11. insculption

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