inscription

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One edge of the metorite seems to bear the inscription 'Beagle 2'

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letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something

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The clearest senses and uses of inscription gathered in one view.

noun

letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something

noun

a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something

noun

the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for inscription.

noun

letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something

noun

a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something

noun

the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words

Example sentences

One edge of the metorite seems to bear the inscription 'Beagle 2'

I rather enjoyed the inscription by Zuck in the copy of Strunk and White.

" And "know thyself" was the inscription over the temple at Delphi.

A couple of times a year my dad gives me a new book with a handwritten inscription in it. I will not get rid of even one of these as long as I live.

I picture a huge sword with the prominent inscription on the blade "sharp end toward enemy".

Is it the inscription 'I promise to pay the bearer on demand...', which nowadays will not be fulfilled?

I think the ability to explain the meaning of an inscription on the ring could serve as proof that it was earned.

One consulted the inscription to find the matching letter and read the oracle's response.

The hand-written inscription provided a helpful arrow with the legend "ass gasket.

And then inside that is a Rush album on a compact phonograph record with the inscription, "From the Great Library at Temples of Syrinx.

Probably the workers were paid rather than enslaved....'''An inscription on a tomb of a priest judge buried near the pyramid builders city read: “I paid them in beer and bread, and I made them make an oath that they were satisfied.

Jaynes even goes so far as to define this\nhistorical transition as the dawning of human consciousness.\nThere is an ancient Egyptian inscription about the creator god\nPtah, which describes the various other gods as variations of Ptah's\n'voice' or 'tongue'.