amanuensev.
/əˌmanjʊˈɛns/, U.S. /əˌmænjʊˈɛns/ 1. intransitive. To act as an amanuensis. Now rare.
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1888 World (N.Y.) 23 Mar. 4/7 Some silent thinker who thought things for us while amanuensing in our employ.
1895 Sporting Times 20 Apr. 2/1 A gaunt female in knickers and top boots..offered to amanuense for a consideration.
2011 J. Ehrat Power of Scandal vi. 234 All attempts to reduce journalism to scribeship, transcribing facts onto sentences, amanuensing slavishly in the production of objectivity, do not reflect its creative contribution.
2. transitive. To write (a letter, text, etc.) from dictation. rare.
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1940 B. Nimrai in F. S. Oliver Earth Dweller's Return (1969) i. v. 65 See In the Garden of Life by Phyris, amanuensed by Beth Nimrai.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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