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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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In cartography, a method of preparing a map or chart by cutting the lines into a prepared coating.