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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INSCRIP'TION, n.[L. inscriptio. See Inscribe.]
1. Something written or engraved to communicate knowledge to after ages; any character, word, line or sentence written or engraved on a solid substance for duration; as inscriptions on monuments, called epitaphs, on pillars, etc. We do not call by this name writings on paper or parchment.
2. A title.
3. An address or consignment of a book to a person, as a mark of respect, or an invitation of patronage. It is less formal than a dedication.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something [syn: inscription, lettering]
2: a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something [syn: dedication, inscription]
3: the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English inscripcioun, from Latin inscription-, inscriptio, from inscribere Date: 14th century 1. a. something that is inscribed; also superscription b. epigraph 2 c. the wording on a coin, medal, seal, or currency note 2. the dedication of a book or work of art 3. a. the act of inscribing b. the entering of a name on or as if on a list ; enrollment 4. British a. the act of inscribing securities b. plural inscribed securities • inscriptional adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 words inscribed, esp. on a monument, coin, stone, or in a book etc. 2 a the act of inscribing, esp. the informal dedication of a book etc. b an instance of this. Derivatives: inscriptional adj. inscriptive adj. Etymology: ME f. L inscriptio (as INSCRIBE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Inscription In*scrip"tion, n. [L. inscriptio, fr. inscribere, inscriptum, to inscribe: cf. F. inscription. See Inscribe.] 1. The act or process of inscribing. 2. That which is inscribed; something written or engraved; especially, a word or words written or engraved on a solid substance for preservation or public inspection; as, inscriptions on monuments, pillars, coins, medals, etc. 3. (Anat.) A line of division or intersection; as, the tendinous inscriptions, or intersections, of a muscle. 4. An address, consignment, or informal dedication, as of a book to a person, as a mark of respect or an invitation of patronage.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(inscriptions) 1. An inscription is writing carved into something made of stone or metal, for example a gravestone or medal. The medal bears the inscription 'For distinguished service'. N-COUNT 2. An inscription is something written by hand in the front of a book or on a photograph. The inscription reads: 'To Emma, with love from Harry'. N-COUNT

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

in-skrip'-shun (verb epigrapho, "to write upon," "inscribe"): The word occurs once in English Versions of the Bible in Ac 17:23 of the altar at Athens with the inscription "To an Unknown God." On inscriptions in archaeology, see ARCHAEOLOGY; ASSYRIA; BABYLONIA, etc.

Moby Thesaurus

acknowledgments, arch, back, back matter, barrow, bastard title, bibliography, booking, boundary stone, brass, burr, bust, cairn, cataloging, catch line, catchword, cenotaph, chiseling, chronicling, colophon, column, contents, contents page, copyright page, coup de plume, cromlech, cross, cross-hatching, cryptography, cup, cyclolith, dedication, demitint, device, dolmen, endleaf, endpaper, endsheet, engravement, engraving, engrossment, enlistment, enrollment, entering, entry, epigraph, epitaph, epithet, errata, etch, etching, flyleaf, folio, footstone, fore edge, foreword, front matter, gem-engraving, glass-cutting, glyptic, grave, gravestone, graving, half tint, half-title page, hatching, head, headstone, hic jacet, hoarstone, impanelment, imprint, incision, index, indexing, initialing, ink spilling, inkslinging, inscribing, inscript, insertion, introduction, inventorying, leaf, lettering, line, lining, listing, logging, macrography, makeup, marker, marking, matriculation, mausoleum, megalith, memento, memorial, memorial arch, memorial column, memorial statue, memorial stone, menhir, micrography, monolith, monument, motto, mound, necrology, obelisk, obituary, page, pen, pen-and-ink, pencil driving, pillar, plaque, posting, preface, preliminaries, prize, pyramid, record keeping, recordation, recording, recto, register, registration, registry, reliquary, remembrance, reverso, ribbon, rostral column, running title, score, scoring, scratch, scratching, scrivenery, scrivening, secret writing, shaft, shrine, signature, slash, slashing, slogan, stela, stipple, stippling, stone, stupa, subtitle, table of contents, tablet, tabulation, tag line, tail, testimonial, text, tint, title, title page, tomb, tombstone, tombstone marking, tooling, tope, transcription, transliteration, trim size, trophy, type page, type-cutting, typewriting, typing, verso, watchword, writing