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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SCRIBE, n. [L. scriba, from scribo, to write; formed probably on the root of grave, scrape, scrub. The first writing was probably engraving on wood or stone.]
1. In a general sense, a writer. Hence,
2. A notary; a public writer.
3. In ecclesiastical meetings and associations in America, a secretary or clerk; one who records the transactions of an ecclesiastical body.
4. In Scripture and the Jewish history, a clerk or secretary to the king. Seraiah was scribe to king David.
1 Samuel 8.
5. An officer who enrolled or kept the rolls of the army, and called over the names and reviewed them. 2 Chronicles 24. 2 Kings 25.
6. A writer and a doctor of the law; a man of learning; one skilled in the law; one who read and explained the law to the people. Ezra 8.
SCRIBE, v.t. To mark by a model or rule; to mark so as to fit one piece to another; a term used by carpenters and joiners.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: French playwright (1791-1861) [syn: Scribe, Augustin Eugene Scribe]
2: informal terms for journalists [syn: scribe, scribbler, penman]
3: someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts [syn: copyist, scribe, scrivener]
4: a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut [syn: scriber, scribe, scratch awl] v
1: score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking

Merriam Webster's

biographical name (Augustin-) Eugène 1791-1861 French dramatist

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin scriba official writer, from scribere to write; akin to Greek skariphasthai to scratch an outline Date: 14th century 1. a member of a learned class in ancient Israel through New Testament times studying the Scriptures and serving as copyists, editors, teachers, and jurists 2. a. an official or public secretary or clerk b. a copier of manuscripts 3. writer; specifically journalist II. intransitive verb (scribed; scribing) Date: 1782 to work as a scribe ; write III. transitive verb (scribed; scribing) Etymology: probably short for describe Date: 1678 1. to mark a line on by cutting or scratching with a pointed instrument 2. to make by cutting or scratching IV. noun Date: 1812 scriber

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a person who writes out documents, esp. an ancient or medieval copyist of manuscripts. 2 Bibl. an ancient Jewish record-keeper or professional theologian and jurist. 3 (in full scribe-awl) a pointed instrument for making marks on wood, bricks, etc., to guide a saw, or in sign-writing. 4 US colloq. a writer, esp. a journalist. --v.tr. mark (wood etc.) with a scribe (see sense 3 of n.). Derivatives: scribal adj. scriber n. Etymology: (n.) ME f. L scriba f. scribere write: (v.) perh. f. DESCRIBE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Scribe Scribe, v. i. To make a mark. With the separated points of a pair of spring dividers scribe around the edge of the templet. --A. M. Mayer.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Scribe Scribe (skr[imac]b), n. [L. scriba, fr. scribere to write; cf. Gr. ska`rifos a splinter, pencil, style (for writing), E. scarify. Cf. Ascribe, Describe, Script, Scrivener, Scrutoire.] 1. One who writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another; especially, an offical or public writer; an amanuensis or secretary; a notary; a copyist. 2. (Jewish Hist.) A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Scribe Scribe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scribed; p. pr. & vb. n. Scribing.] 1. To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe. --Spenser. 2. (Carp.) 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 scribe, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts. 3. To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron. Scribing iron, an iron-pointed instrument for scribing, or marking, casks and logs.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(scribes) In the days before printing was common, a scribe was a person who wrote copies of things such as letters or documents. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Writer, penman, chirographer, chirographist. 2. Clerk, secretary, notary, amanuensis, copyist, scrivener.

Moby Thesaurus

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