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Definition
scribe (skrīb)
noun
- a professional penman who copied manuscripts before the invention of printing
- a writer or author
- a person learned in the Jewish law who makes handwritten copies of the Torah
- a person employed by the general public to write letters, etc.
- a pointed instrument for scoring stone, brick, wood, etc. to show where it is to be cut
Etymology: ME < L scriba, public writer, scribe, in LL(Ec), doctor of the Jewish law < scribere, to write < IE *skeribh- < base *(s)ker-, to cut, incise > shear
transitive verb scribed, scrib′·ing
- to score (wood, bricks, etc.) with a scribe
- to mark (a line) with a scribe
intransitive verb
to work as a scribe
Scribe
Definition
Scribe (skrēb)
Scribe, Augustin Eugène (ō̂ güs tan′ ö z̸hen′) 1791-1861; Fr. dramatist & librettist
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Synonyms
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Usage Examples
Object
- line: The scribed line consists of a series of small closely spaced holes produced by high energy laser pulses.
Converse of object
- employ: Babylon's main temple was also a bank and it employed scribes to record the city's business.
- become: Scribe's Life Pack It took years of training to become an ancient Egyptian scribe.
- do: Or does the scribe mean nothing by his/her addition or omission of the full stop?
- use: Using a scribe A scribe writes or types the candidate's answers from dictation.
- have: In today's Gospel we have a scribe who is genuinely seeking the truth.
- see: Such problems were used in the training of scribes -- here we see an Egyptian scribe.
Converse of subject
- write: We may even suspect that these verses were written by a scribe of a later age for the position they now occupy.
- copy: Their ethic, their daily habits, their skills - all should be copied by the scribes who work online.
- add: The record of the confirmation at Wilton was added by the scribe who also wrote the main text of S 1438, MS.
Adjective modifier
- humble: Your humble scribe has been there, along with many others.
- Egyptian: Such problems were used in the training of scribes -- here we see an Egyptian scribe.
- medieval: I have a writing technique that I took from medieval scribes.
- ancient: Tells the whole story from ancient scribes, translators, the first printing, up to the present day.
Noun used with modifier
- tungsten: What Good Woodworking said... nd alcohol marketers are reaching more young viewers by focusing more attention on tungsten carbide scribe cable TV.
- carbide: What Good Woodworking said... nd alcohol marketers are reaching more young viewers by focusing more attention on tungsten carbide scribe cable TV.
- century: As a sixteenth century scribe put it: ' Those who observe the codices, those who recite them.
Preposition: of
- law: He was the " scribe of the law of the God of Heaven " .
