[scribe] n [ME, fr. L scriba official writer, fr. scribere to write; akin to Gk skariphasthai to scratch an outline] (14c) 1: one 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; specif: journalist
[2]scribe vi scribed ; scrib.ing (1782): to work as a scribe: write [3]scribe vt scribed ; scrib.ing [prob. short for describe] (1678) 1: to mark a line on by cutting or scratching with a pointed instrument
2: to make by cutting or scratching [4]scribe n (1812): scriber