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scribe Definition

scribe (skrīb)

noun

  1. a professional penman who copied manuscripts before the invention of printing
  2. a writer or author
  3. a person learned in the Jewish law who makes handwritten copies of the Torah
  4. a person employed by the general public to write letters, etc.
  5. 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

  1. to score (wood, bricks, etc.) with a scribe
  2. 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

scribe Synonyms

scribe

n.

  1. One who transcribes professionally

    copyist, clerk, secretary, keeper of accounts, copier, transcriber, scrivener.

  2. A writer

    reporter, correspondent, penman; see author 1, editor, writer.

scribe 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 " .

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