scribe
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[edit] Etymology
< Latin scribere, pp. scribus (“‘to write, draw, compose, draw up, draft (a paper), enlist, enroll, levy, etc.; orig. 'scratch'’”), probably akin to scrobis, scrobs (“‘a ditch, trench, grave’”), to scalpere (“‘to cut’”), to sculpere (“‘to cut, carve, grave, etc.’”); see screw, scalp, sculp.
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- Rhymes: -aɪb
[edit] Noun
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scribe (plural scribes)
- One who writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis or secretary; a notary; a copyist.
- (archaic) A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.
- A very sharp, steel drawing implement used in engraving and etching, a scriber.
- A writer, especially a journalist.
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one who writes; a draughtsman
writer and doctor of the law
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writer, journalist
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[edit] Verb
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to scribe (third-person singular simple present scribes, present participle scribing, simple past and past participle scribed)
- To write.
- To record.
- To write or draw with a scribe.
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to write
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to record
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to write or draw with a scribe
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[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- scribe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- scribe in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
