n. & v.
--n.
1. handwriting as distinct from print; written characters.
2 type imitating handwriting.
3 an alphabet or system of writing (the Russian script).
4 the text of a play, film, or broadcast.
5 an examinee's set of written answers.
6 Law an original document as distinct from a copy.
--v.tr. write a script for (a film etc.).
Etymology: ME, thing written, f. OF escri(p)t f. L scriptum, neut. past part. of scribere write