Meanings
inscripturate1
present singular third person inscripturates · participle present inscripturating · participle past inscripturated · past inscripturated · alternative enscripturate
- To put or make into scripture; to record or write in scripture:
- transitivelifestyleTo communicate or express through the medium or form of scripture.
- transitiveTo put or make into writing or script; to write down.
We use pens, markers, pencils, printing presses, and spray paint to do our writing. These are the tools by which to inscripturate.
2020 January 29, Douglas Groothuis, “Texts, Graphics, and Culture: On the Decline of Reading and Civilization”, in Douglas Groothuis, Ph.D.: Christian Philosopher and Apologist
inscripturate2
alternative enscripturate
- Put or made into scripture; recorded or written in scripture; inscripturated:
- not comparableoftenlifestyleCommunicated or expressed through the medium or form of scripture.
If Jesus was the divine–human word incarnate, the Bible was seen as the divine–human word inscripturate.
1998 April 8, "Hermeneutics and Christ", Matthias Media, St Matthias Press Ltd.
- not comparablePut in writing or script; written down.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
inscripturate · verb
From in- + scripture + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Full word history & related roots →inscripturate · adjective
From in- + scripture + -ate (participial adjective-forming suffix).
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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