SCRIBE

Meaning of SCRIBE in English

/ skraɪb; NAmE / noun

a person who made copies of written documents before printing was invented

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WORD ORIGIN

Middle English (originally referring to a Jewish record-keeper): from Latin scriba , from scribere write.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

SCRIBE — manunulat
English-Visayan vocabulary
SCRIBE — biographical name (Augustin-) Eugène 1791-1861 French dramatist
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SCRIBE — I. ˈskrīb noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin scriba official writer, from scribere to write; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SCRIBE — (v. i.) To make a mark.
Английский словарь Webster
SCRIBE — (v. t.) To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.
Английский словарь Webster
SCRIBE — (v. t.) To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a …
Английский словарь Webster
SCRIBE — (v. t.) To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.
Английский словарь Webster
SCRIBE — (n.) A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained …
Английский словарь Webster
SCRIBE — (n.) One who writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another; especially, an offical or public writer; an amanuensis or secretary; …
Английский словарь Webster
SCRIBE — ( v. t. ) To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SCRIBE — scribe 1 — scribal , adj. /skruyb/ , n. , v. , scribed, scribing . n. 1. a person who …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SCRIBE — v. write down, record, inscribe; mark by cutting or scratching; work as a scribe
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SCRIBE — I. ˈskrīb noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin scriba official writer, from scribere to write; akin to Greek skariphasthai to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SCRIBE — vi to make a mark. 2. scribe ·vt to score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron. 3. scribe …
Webster English vocab
SCRIBE — [scribe] n [ME, fr. L scriba official writer, fr. scribere to write; akin to Gk skariphasthai to scratch an outline] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SCRIBE — scribe BrE AmE skraɪb ▷ scribed skraɪbd ▷ scribes skraɪbz ▷ scribing ˈskraɪb ɪŋ
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SCRIBE — scribe /skraɪb/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: scriba , from scribere 'to write' …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SCRIBE — n. & v. --n. 1 a person who writes out documents, esp. an ancient or medieval copyist of manuscripts. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SCRIBE — n. & v. n. 1 a person who writes out documents, esp. an ancient or medieval copyist of manuscripts. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SCRIBE — n. & v. --n. 1. a person who writes out documents, esp. an ancient or medieval copyist of manuscripts. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
SCRIBE — ( scribes) In the days before printing was common, a scribe was a person who wrote copies of things such …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SCRIBE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Did those scribes care for their hands, tend their fingers, in the way classical musicians …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SCRIBE — [noun] [C] - a person employed before the invention of printing to make copies of documentsIn Biblical times, a scribe …
Cambridge English vocab
SCRIBE — n. 25B6; noun (historical) a medieval scribe : CLERK, secretary, copyist, transcriber, amanuensis; historical penman, scrivener. (informal) a local cricket …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SCRIBE — I 1. сущ. 1) писец; переписчик (документов, рукописей) Syn : copyist 2) клерк, помощник, секретарь Syn : secretary I, clerk …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SCRIBE — scribe.ogg 1. skraıb n 1. 1> преим. ист. писец; переписчик 2> секретарь ( некоторых учреждений ) 3> редк. грамотный человек …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SCRIBE — I 1. сущ.1) писец; переписчик (документов, рукописей) Syn:copyist 2) клерк, помощник, секретарь Syn:secretary I, clerk 1. 3) библ. книжник 4) …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SCRIBE — 1. skraıb n 1. 1> преим. ист. писец; переписчик 2> секретарь ( некоторых учреждений ) 3> редк. грамотный человек I …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SCRIBE — I 1. сущ. 1) писец; переписчик ( документов, рукописей ) Syn: copyist 2) клерк, помощник, секретарь Syn: secretary I, clerk …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SCRIBE — I 1. сущ. 1) писец; переписчик (документов, рукописей) Syn: copyist 2) клерк, помощник, секретарь Syn: secretary I, clerk 1. 3) библ. книжник 4) амер.; разг. писатель; журналист, корреспондент Syn: writer, journalist, …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SCRIBE — I 1. сущ. 1) писец; переписчик (документов, рукописей) Syn : copyist 2) клерк, помощник, секретарь Syn : secretary I, clerk …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SCRIBE — ( v. t. ) To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SCRIBE — ( v. t. ) To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SCRIBE — ( v. i. ) To make a mark.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SCRIBE — ( n. ) One who writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another; especially, an offical or public writer; an amanuensis …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SCRIBE — ( n. ) A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SCRIBE — /skrddeeb/ , n. Augustin Eugène /oh gyuus taonn" ue zhen"/ , 1791-1861, French dramatist.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SCRIBE — n. copyist, copier of manuscripts; public clerk; author, writer; Jewish scholar who transcribed edited and interpreted Biblical scrolls (Judaism)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SCRIBE — biographical name (Augustin-) Eugène 1791-1861 French dramatist
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SCRIBE — n. Function: noun Date: 1812 : SCRIBER
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SCRIBE — n. Function: transitive verb Inflected Form: scribed ; scrib · ing Etymology: probably short for describe Date: 1678 1 : …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SCRIBE — n. Function: intransitive verb Inflected Form: scribed ; scrib · ing Date: 1782 : to work as a scribe : …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SCRIBE — n. Pronunciation: ' skr ī b Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin scriba official writer, from scribere to write; …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SCRIBE — n. Pronunciation: skr ē b Function: biographical name (Augustin-) Eugène 1791-1861 Fr. dram.
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SCRIBE — ■ noun 1》 historical a person who copied out documents. ↘ informal, often humorous a writer, especially a journalist. 2》 …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SCRIBE — (~s) In the days before printing was common, a ~ was a person who wrote copies of things such as …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SCRIBE — Synonyms and related words : Levite, accountant, advertising writer, amanuensis, annalist, archivist, art critic, author, authoress, baal kore, belletrist, bibliographer, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SCRIBE — n. Function: verb Synonyms: WRITE , engross, indite, inscribe
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SCRIBE — n. 1. Writer, penman, chirographer, chirographist. 2. Clerk, secretary, notary, amanuensis, copyist, scrivener.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
SCRIBE — verb Synonyms: write , engross, indite, inscribe
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SCRIBE — A text-formatting language by Brian Reid. (1994-12-01)
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
SCRIBE — n. 1 copyist, copier, transcriber, Archaic scrivener; amanuensis, clerk, secretary Before the invention of movable type printing, copies of books …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SCRIBE — A person who copied books by hand before the invention of printing.
Medieval English Glossary
SCRIBE — Писарь
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
SCRIBE — гравировать
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
SCRIBE — гравировать
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
SCRIBE — 1) описывать 2) переписчик 3) писец 4) размечать
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SCRIBE — (v) написать; писать; работать переписчиком
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
SCRIBE — (n) грамотный человек; книжник; переписчик; писатель; писец; секретарь; чертилка
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
SCRIBE — 1. [skraıb] n 1. 1) преим. ист. писец; переписчик 2) секретарь ( некоторых учреждений ) 3) редк. грамотный человек I …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SCRIBE — v. размечать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SCRIBE — n. писец, писарь, переписчик
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SCRIBE — v. размечать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SCRIBE — n. писец, писарь, переписчик
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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