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Word: Scribe
Speech Type: Noun
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
skrʌɪb
a person who copies out documents, especially one employed to do this before printing was invented.
Short Definition:person who copies out documents
a Jewish recordkeeper or, later, a professional theologian and jurist.
Short Definition:Jewish record-keeper or, later, professional theologian and jurist
a pointed instrument used for making marks on wood, bricks, etc., to guide a saw or in signwriting.
Short Definition:pointed instrument used for making marks on wood
Word: Scribe
Speech Type: Verb
skrʌɪb
write
Short Definition:write
Examples:- he scribed a note that he passed to Dan
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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