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† exˈscribe, v. Obs.
Also 7 excribe.
[ad. L. exscrīb-ĕre, f. ex- out + scrībĕre to write.]
trans. To copy or write out; to transcribe.
1607Topsell Serpents (1653) 661 As Aelianus in his ninth Book and thirty nine Chapter, word for word hath exscribed out of Aristotle. 1658Ussher Ann. 351 Demetrius caused it to be fairely exscribed. 1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. II. 19 Clerks or Secretaries..exscribing..Particulars of or for it. 1727in Bailey vol. II.
Hence exˈscribed ppl. a. = escribed. † exˈscriber, one who writes out, a copyist. † exˈscribing vbl. n.
a1612Donne βιαθανατος (1644) 20 A Councell in France..punished with Excommunication the excribing, reading, or having that booke. a1631― Ess. (1651) 128 Some other exscriber..reformed it deformly since his [St. Luke's] writing. 1677Cary Chronology ii. i. i. iii. 99 This Canon hath gone abroad..very imperfect, occasioned at first by Heedless Exscribers. 1879Salmon Conic Sect. 127 The equation of one of the exscribed circles. |