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[ skrahyb ]

noun

  1. a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of printing.
  2. a public clerk or writer, usually one having official status.
  3. Also called sopher, sofer. Judaism. 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.
  4. a writer or author, especially a journalist.


verb (used without object)

scribed, scribing.
  1. to act as a scribe; write.

verb (used with object)

scribed, scribing.
  1. to write down.

scribe

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[ skrahyb ]

verb (used with object)

scribed, scribing.
  1. to mark or score (wood or the like) with a pointed instrument as a guide to cutting or assembling.

noun

Scribe

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[ skreeb ]

noun

  1. Au·gus·tin Eu·gène [oh-g, y, s-, tan, , œ, -, zhen], 1791–1861, French dramatist.

Scribe

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/ skrib /

noun

  1. ScribeAugustin Eugène17911861MFrenchWRITING: author of vaudevillesTHEATRE: dramatistMUSIC: librettist Augustin Eugène (oɡystɛ̃ øʒɛn). 1791–1861, French author or coauthor of over 350 vaudevilles, comedies, and libretti for light opera
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

scribe

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/ ²õ°ì°ù²¹Éª²ú /

noun

  1. a person who copies documents, esp a person who made handwritten copies before the invention of printing
  2. a clerk or public copyist
  3. Old Testament a recognized scholar and teacher of the Jewish Law
  4. Judaism a man qualified to write certain documents in accordance with religious requirements
  5. an author or journalist: used humorously
  6. another name for scriber
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to score a line on (a surface) with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²õ³¦°ù¾±²ú²¹±ô, adjective
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  • ²õ³¦°ù¾±²úa±ô adjective
  • un·²õ³¦°ù¾±²úa±ô adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of scribe1

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin ²õ³¦°ùÄ«²ú²¹ clerk, derivative of ²õ³¦°ùÄ«²ú±ð°ù±ð to write

Origin of scribe2

First recorded in 1670–80; perhaps aphetic form of inscribe
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of scribe1

(in the senses: writer, etc) C14: from Latin ²õ³¦°ùÄ«²ú²¹ clerk, from ²õ³¦°ùÄ«²ú±ð°ù±ð to write; C17 (vb): perhaps from inscribe
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Example Sentences

Eight women accused the 64-year-old British scribe of assault, abuse and coercion in an article published Monday.

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He got his start as a scribe for sitcoms, including “The Odd Couple†and “The Partridge Family,†before breaking into movies with the 1977 blockbuster “Smokey and the Bandit.â€

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Her audition for that comedy's breakout character, Kelli, began in the show’s writers’ room; she was the first scribe to be hired.

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He also said the same thing to virtually every other scribe he met.

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“It’s still a nightmare,†said Hogan, 32, who works as a medical scribe.

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