scribe

IPA: skrˈaɪb

noun

  • Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist.
  • A person who writes books or documents by hand as a profession.ᵂ
  • (informal) A journalist.
  • (archaic) A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.
  • A very sharp, steel drawing implement used in engraving and etching, a scriber.

verb

  • To write.
  • To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.
  • To record, as a scribe.
  • To write or draw with a scribe.
  • (carpentry) To cut (something) in order to fit it closely to an irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a moulding, etc.
  • To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.
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Examples of "scribe" in Sentences

  • Ahmes was the son of the scribe.
  • The name of the scribe was Michael.
  • The name of the scribe inventor is unknown.
  • The handwriting of the two scribes is ill matched.
  • The person on the right side is a scribe reading the text.
  • Possibly the accent of the Javanese speaker confused the scribe.
  • Khaemwaset was a scribe of the sacred books in the House of Amun.
  • He is the founder and executive director of the Scribe Video Center.
  • The manner in which the scribe did the copying is relatively mechanical.
  • Merrin, has in the meantime, takes the job of a scribe in the Manuscriptorium.

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