insculp

I1N1S1C3U1L1P3

verb

To engrave; to carve; to sculpt.

OriginLatin insculpere →
Scrabble 11
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Meanings

verbinsculp (third-person singular simple present insculps, present participle insculping, simple past and past participle insculped)

present singular third person insculps · participle present insculping · participle past insculped · past insculped

  1. archaicrareTo engrave; to carve; to sculpt.

    A coyne that beares the figure of an Angell Stampt in gold, but that's insculpt vpon:

    c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii]

Origin

  1. Latininsculpere
  2. Englishinsculp

From Latin insculpere. Compare French insculper. See in- and sculptor.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

sculpin
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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