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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024scribe1 /skraɪb/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- one who wrote copies of written things before the invention of printing.
- a public clerk or writer.
- a writer, esp. a journalist.
scrib•al, adj. See -scrib-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024scribe1 (skrīb),USA pronunciation n., v., scribed, scrib•ing. n. - a person who serves as a professional copyist, esp. one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of printing.
- a public clerk or writer, usually one having official status.
- JudaismAlso called sopher, sofer. one of the group of Palestinian scholars and teachers of Jewish law and tradition, active from the 5th century b.c.to the 1st century a.d.,who transcribed, edited, and interpreted the Bible.
- a writer or author, esp. a journalist.
v.i. - to act as a scribe;
write.
v.t. - to write down.
- Latin scrība clerk, derivative of scrībere to write
- Middle English 1350–1400
scrib′al, adj.
scribe2 (skrīb),USA pronunciation v., scribed, scrib•ing, n. v.t. - Buildingto mark or score (wood or the like) with a pointed instrument as a guide to cutting or assembling.
n. - Buildingscriber.
- perh. aphetic form of inscribe 1670–80
Scribe (skrēb),USA pronunciation n. Au•gus•tin Eu•gène (ō gys tan′ œ zhen′),USA pronunciation 1791–1861, French dramatist.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: scribe /skraɪb/ n - a person who copies documents, esp a person who made handwritten copies before the invention of printing
- a clerk or public copyist
- a recognized scholar and teacher of the Jewish Law
vb - to score a line on (a surface) with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking
Etymology: (in the senses: writer, etc) C14: from Latin scrība clerk, from scrībere to write; C17 (vb): perhaps from inscribeˈscribal adj Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Scribe /French: skrib/ n - Augustin Eugène (oɡystɛ̃ øʒɛn). 1791–1861, French author or coauthor of over 350 vaudevilles, comedies, and libretti for light opera
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