Scribe (redirected from scribal)

Scribe  (skrb), Augustin Eugène 1791-1861.

French playwright whose works include more than 300 comedies of manners.

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scribe  (skrb)

n.

1. A public clerk or secretary, especially in ancient times.

2. A professional copyist of manuscripts and documents.

3. A writer or journalist.

4. See scriber.

v. scribed, scrib·ing, scribes

v.tr.

1. To mark with a scriber.

2. To write or inscribe.

v.intr.

To work as a scribe.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin scrba, from Latin, keeper of accounts, secretary, from scrbere, to write; see skrbh- in Indo-European roots.]

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scribal adj.

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scribe [skraɪb]

n

1. a person who copies documents, esp a person who made handwritten copies before the invention of printing

2. a clerk or public copyist

3. (Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) Old Testament a recognized scholar and teacher of the Jewish Law

4. (Non-Christian Religions / Judaism) Judaism a man qualified to write certain documents in accordance with religious requirements

5. (Communication Arts / Journalism & Publishing) an author or journalist: used humorously

6. (Engineering / Tools) another name for scriber

vb

(Engineering / Tools) to score a line on (a surface) with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking

[(in the senses: writer, etc.) C14: from Latin scrība clerk, from scrībere to write; C17 (vb): perhaps from inscribe]

scribal  adj

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Scribe (French) [skrib]

n

(Biographies / Scribe, Augustin Eugène (1791-1861) M, French, WRITING: author of vaudevilles, THEATRE: dramatist, MUSIC: librettist) Augustin Eugène (ogystɛ̃ øʒɛn). 1791-1861, French author or coauthor of over 350 vaudevilles, comedies, and libretti for light opera

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Scribe - French playwright (1791-1861) Augustin Eugene Scribe
	2.	scribe - informal terms for journalists penman, scribbler journalist - a writer for newspapers and magazines
	3.	scribe - someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts copyist, scrivener employee - a worker who is hired to perform a job
	4.	scribe - a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut scratch awl, scriber awl - a pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes
Verb	1.	scribe - score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking nock, score, mark - make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it"

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scribe

noun

1. secretary, clerk, scrivener (archaic), notary (archaic), amanuensis, copyist a temple scribe

2. writer, copyist, penman (rare) another scribe had added the last words

Translations

scribe [skraɪb] N [of manuscript] → escribiente/a m/f (Bible) → escriba m

scribe [ˈskraɪb] n → scribe m

scribe

n → Schreiber(in) m(f); (Bibl) → Schriftgelehrte(r) m

scribe [skraɪb] n → scriba m