escribe

American

[ih-skrahyb] / ɪˈskraɪb /

verb (used with object)

Geometry.

escribed, escribing

to draw a circle outside of a triangle tangent to one side of the triangle and to the extensions of the other two sides.

escribe British

/ ɪˈskraɪb /

verb

(tr) to draw (a circle) so that it is tangential to one side of a triangle and to the other two sides produced

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Etymology

Origin of escribe

1550–60; e- ¹ + Latin scrībere to write; see scribe ¹

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escribe escribed

In London, the slide on the monitors behind him flicked to a Borges quote: “Uno no es lo que es por lo que escribe, sino por lo que ha leído.”

From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2016

It may be escribed as a transition from the more speculative Mysticism towards quietism.

From Christian Mysticism by William Ralph Inge

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