SCRIBED | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Scribe

Speech Type: Verb

Etymology:

Middle English (in scribe (sense 2 of the noun)): from Latin scriba, from scribere ‘write’. The verb was first used in the sense ‘write down’; in sense 2 it is perhaps partly a shortening of describe

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: skrʌɪb
Dialects: British English
Definition:

write

Short Definition:

write

Examples:
  • he scribed a note that he passed to Dan
Definition:

mark with a pointed instrument

Short Definition:

mark with pointed instrument

Examples:
  • mark the position of the lock body on the door edge, then scribe a centre mark

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