SCRIBE Definition & Meaning

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[ skrahyb ]

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noun

a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of printing.
a public clerk or writer, usually one having official status.
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.
a writer or author, especially a journalist.

verb (used without object)

scribed, scribing.

to act as a scribe; write.

verb (used with object)

scribed, scribing.

to write down.

scribe

[ skrahyb ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

scribed, scribing.

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

noun

scriber.

Scribe

[ skreeb ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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

Scribe

/ skrib /

noun

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

scribe

/ ��ɪ�� /

noun

a person who copies documents, esp a person who made handwritten copies before the invention of printing
a clerk or public copyist
Old Testament a recognized scholar and teacher of the Jewish Law
Judaism a man qualified to write certain documents in accordance with religious requirements
an author or journalist: used humorously
another name for scriber

verb

to score a line on (a surface) with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking

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Derived Forms

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

��a�� adjective
un·��a�� adjective

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of scribe¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin ��ī�� clerk, derivative of ��ī�� to write

Origin of scribe²

First recorded in 1670–80; perhaps aphetic form of inscribe

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of scribe¹

(in the senses: writer, etc) C14: from Latin ��ī�� clerk, from ��ī�� to write; C17 (vb): perhaps from inscribe

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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.”

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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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