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  1. noun The act or an instance of inscribing.
  2. noun A marking, such as the wording on a coin, medal, monument, or seal, that is inscribed.
  3. noun A piece of material, such as a stone or metal tablet, that is inscribed.
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  • Above the inscription was an etched profile of an American Indian. —  The Twelfth Card
  • This tribute of veneration and gratitude is erected in commemoration of the noble and disinterested virtues of the citizen, and the gallant exploits of the soldier, who lived without fear, and died without reproach This inscription was the tribute of an individual, not of the country. —  The Life of Francis Marion
  • When the East India Company transferred him to its Persian base at Kermanshah, he swiftly learned that a lengthy cuneiform inscription in all three scripts was to be found carved on the Behistun Rock, a seventeen-hundred-foot-high cliff twenty miles from town, and rode out to take a look But the inscription was all but inaccessible. —  Asimov'sSF,August2007
  • There are some professionals who have acted as if they have a lot to lose if this inscription is authentic. —  BiblePlaces Blog
  • This study supports the antiquity of the patina, which in turn, strengthens the contention that the inscription is authentic. —  BiblePlaces Blog
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  1. Middle English inscripcioun, statement giving the author or title of a book, from Latin īnscrīptiō, īnscrīptiōn-, from īnscrīptus, past participle of īnscrībere, to inscribe; see inscribe.

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  1. = French inscription = Provencal escriptio = Spanish inscripcion = Portuguese inscripção = Italian inscrizione, iscrizione, from Latin inscriptio(n-), a writing upon, inscription, title, from inscribere, past participle inscriptus, write upon: see inscribe.
 

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/ɪnˈskrɪpʃən/
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