inscripturate

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/ɪnˈskɹɪp.t͡ʃəˌɹeɪt//ɪnˈskɹɪp.t͡ʃʊˌɹeɪt//ɪnˈskɹɪp.t͡ʃəɹɪt//ɪnˈskɹɪp.t͡ʃʊɹɪt/

verb

To incorporate into scripture; to include within scripture.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

inscripturate1

verbinscripturate (third-person singular simple present inscripturates, present participle inscripturating, simple past and past participle inscripturated)

present singular third person inscripturates · participle present inscripturating · participle past inscripturated · past inscripturated · alternative enscripturate

  1. To put or make into scripture; to record or write in scripture:
    1. transitivelifestyleTo incorporate into scripture; to include within scripture.
    2. transitivelifestyleTo communicate or express through the medium or form of scripture.
  2. 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

adjectiveinscripturate (not comparable)

alternative enscripturate

  1. Put or made into scripture; recorded or written in scripture; inscripturated:
    1. not comparableoftenlifestyleIncorporated into scripture; included within scripture.
    2. 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.
  2. not comparablePut in writing or script; written down.

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

inscripturate · verb

From in- + scripture + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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inscripturate · adjective

From in- + scripture + -ate (participial adjective-forming suffix).

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Cite this entry
APA

inscripturate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inscripturate

MLA

“inscripturate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inscripturate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inscripturate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inscripturate.

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