Scribe

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A public clerk or secretary, especially in ancient times.
  • n. A professional copyist of manuscripts and documents.
  • n. A writer or journalist.
  • n. See scriber.
  • v. To mark with a scriber.
  • v. To write or inscribe.
  • verb-intransitive. To work as a scribe.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. One who writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis or secretary; a notary; a copyist.
  • n. A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.
  • n. A very sharp, steel drawing implement used in engraving and etching, a scriber.
  • n. A writer, especially a journalist.
  • v. To write.
  • v. To record.
  • v. To write or draw with a scribe.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another; especially, an offical or public writer; an amanuensis or secretary; a notary; a copyist.
  • n. A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.
  • v. To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.
  • v. To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a molding, or the like; -- so called because the workman marks, or scribes, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts.
  • v. To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.
  • verb-intransitive. To make a mark.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To write; mark; record.
  • Specifically
  • To mark, as wood, metal, bricks, etc., by scoring with a sharp point, as an awl, a scribe or scriber, or a pair of compasses. Hence To fit closely to another piece or part, as one piece of wood in furniture-making or Joiners' work to another of irregular or uneven form.
  • To write.
  • n. One who writes; a writer; a penman; especially, one skilled in penmanship.
  • n. An official or public writer; a secretary; an amanuensis; a notary; a copyist.
  • n. In Scripture usage:
  • n. One whose duty it was to keep the official records of the Jewish nation, or to act as the private secretary of some distinguished person (Esther iii. 12).
  • n. One of a body of men who constituted the theologians and jurists of the Jewish nation in the time of Christ.
  • n. A pointed instrument used to mark lines on wood, metal, bricks, etc., to serve as a guide in sawing, cutting, etc.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. informal terms for journalists
  • n. French playwright (1791-1861)
  • v. score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking
  • n. a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut
  • n. someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
  • Verb Form
    scribed    scribes    scribing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    journalist    playwright    dramatist    nock    score    mark    awl   
    Cross Reference
    notary   
    Form
    scribed    scribing    scribal   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    draughtsman    notary    copyist    inscribe    clerk    amanuensie    author    mark    amanuensis    tabellion   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    ascribe    bribe    circumscribe    describe    gibe    imbibe    inscribe    jibe    oversubscribe    prescribe   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    musician    architect    historian    physician    bard    artisan    clergyman    courtier    cleric    clerk