inscripturate

English

Alternative forms

• enscripturate

Etymology

in- +‎ script +‎ -ure +‎ -ate

Pronunciation

• (verb) "-rate"; enPR: ĭn-skrĭpˈ-chəˌrāt, -cho͝oˌrāt; IPA^(key): /ɪnˈ skɹɪp.t͡ʃəˌɹeɪt/, /ɪnˈ skɹɪp.t͡ʃʊˌɹeɪt/
• (adjective) "-rit"; enPR: ĭn-skrĭpˈ-chərĭt, ĭn-skrĭpˈ-cho͝orĭt; IPA^(key): /ɪnˈ skɹɪp.t͡ʃəɹɪt/, /ɪnˈ skɹɪp.t͡ʃʊɹɪt/

Verb

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

1. (transitive, theology) To put or make into scripture; to record or write in scripture:
   1. To incorporate into scripture; to include within scripture.
   2. To communicate or express through the medium or form of scripture.
2. (transitive) To put or make into writing or script; to write down.
   • 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:

     We use pens, markers, pencils, printing presses, and spray paint to do our writing. These are the tools by which to inscripturate.

Derived terms

• inscripturation

See also

• canonize
• inspire
• reveal

Adjective

inscripturate (not comparable)

1. (theology, often used postpositively) Put or made into scripture; recorded or written in scripture; inscripturated:
   1. Incorporated into scripture; included within scripture.
   2. Communicated or expressed through the medium or form of scripture.
      • 1998 April 8, "Hermeneutics and Christ", Matthias Media, St Matthias Press Ltd. [1]:

        If Jesus was the divine-human word incarnate, the Bible was seen as the divine-human word inscripturate.

2. Put in writing or script; written down.

See also

• canonical
• inspired
• revealed

Coordinate terms

• incarnate