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inshrine

inshrine is the archaic form of enshrine.

Meaning of enshrine

Verb

enshrine (third-person singular simple present enshrines, present participle enshrining, simple past and past participle enshrined)

  1. (transitive) To enclose (a sacred relic etc.) in a shrine or chest.
    • A Phœnix, gaz'd by all, as that ſole Bird / When, to enſhrine his reliques in the Sun’s / Bright temple, to Ægyptian Theb's he flies.1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
  2. (broadly, transitive) To preserve or cherish (something) as though in a shrine; to preserve or contain, especially with some reverence.
    • Warlike and Martiall Talbot, Burgonie / Inſhrines thee in his heart, and there erects / Thy noble Deeds, as Valors Monuments.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  3. (figuratively) To protect (an idea, ideal, or philosophy) within an official law or treaty.
    • Other measures, such as compensation for victims, will be enshrined in the proposed new law.

Forms of inshrine

third-person singular presentinshrines
present participleinshrining
past participleinshrined
pastinshrined

Questions about inshrine

What is inshrine the archaic form of?
Inshrine is the archaic form of enshrine.

Words near inshrine in the dictionary

  1. inships
  2. inshoot
  3. inshoots
  4. inshore
  5. inshoring
  6. inshrine
  7. inshrined
  8. inshrines
  9. inshrining
  10. inshurance
  11. inshure

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