Scribe – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
scribe
n.
copyist, copier of manuscripts; public clerk; author, writer; Jewish scholar who transcribed edited and interpreted Biblical scrolls (Judaism)
v.
write down, record, inscribe; mark by cutting or scratching; work as a scribe
Scribe
Scribe
Noun
1. French playwright (1791-1861)
(synonym) Augustin Eugene Scribe
(hypernym) dramatist, playwright
scribe
Noun
1. informal terms for journalists
(synonym) scribbler, penman
(hypernym) journalist
2. someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
(synonym) copyist, scrivener
(hypernym) employee
(hyponym) Ezra
3. a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut
(synonym) scriber, scratch awl
(hypernym) awl
Verb
1. score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking
(hypernym) score, nock, mark
(derivation) scriber, scratch awl
scribe
nm.
scribe, scrivener
Scribe
(v. t.)
To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.
(v. t.)
To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.
(v. t.)
To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a molding, or the like; -- so called because the workman marks, or scribe, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts.
(v. i.)
To make a mark.
(n.)
One who writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another; especially, an offical or public writer; an amanuensis or secretary; a notary; a copyist.
(n.)
A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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