enshrine
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enshrine or inshrine (ɪnˈʃraɪn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to place or enclose in or as if in a shrine |
| 2. | to hold as sacred; cherish; treasure |
| inshrine or inshrine | |
| —vb | |
| en'shrinement or inshrine | |
| —n | |
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Enshrine
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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Word Origin & History
enshrine
1580s, from en- "make, put in" + shrine (see shrine). Related: Enshrined.
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Example sentences
The chambers on either side of the central chamber enshrine two of his great speeches.
Others fear it does as much to enshrine bail-outs as to prevent them.
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