[tran.scribe] vt tran.scribed ; tran.scrib.ing [L transcribere, fr. trans- + scribere to write--more at scribe] (1552) 1 a: to make a written copy of b: to make a copy of (dictated or recorded matter) in longhand or on a machine (as a typewriter) c: to paraphrase or summarize in writing d: write down, record
2. a: to represent (speech sounds) by means of phonetic symbols b: translate 2a c: to transfer (data) from one recording form to another d: to record (as on magnetic tape) for later broadcast
3: to make a musical transcription of
4: to cause (as DNA) to undergo genetic transcription -- tran.scrib.er n