scribe
1a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of printing.
a public clerk or writer, usually one having official status.
to act as a scribe; write.
to write down.
Origin of scribe
1Other words from scribe
- scribal, adjective
- un·scrib·al, adjective
Words Nearby scribe
Other definitions for scribe (2 of 3)
to mark or score (wood or the like) with a pointed instrument as a guide to cutting or assembling.
Origin of scribe
2Other definitions for Scribe (3 of 3)
Au·gus·tin Eu·gène [oh-gys-tanœ-zhen], /oʊ güsˈtɛ̃ œˈʒɛn/, 1791–1861, French dramatist.
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How to use scribe in a sentence
“We built scribe specifically to do that, to build an engineering core focused exclusively on making the most advanced the very best therapeutic genome editing molecules that we could,” Oakes said.
Scribe Therapeutics launches a platform for engineering CRISPR-based therapeutics | Darrell Etherington | October 6, 2020 | TechCrunchThese were supposed to simplify patient record-keeping, but instead they generated a need for scribes.
Time-crunched doctors are relying on remote-working scribes to take notes via video call | lbelanger225 | September 30, 2020 | FortuneThis year, as the pandemic led patients to shun clinics and hospitals, many scribes were laid off or furloughed.
Time-crunched doctors are relying on remote-working scribes to take notes via video call | lbelanger225 | September 30, 2020 | FortuneMany have returned, but scribes are increasingly working online—even from the other side of the world.
Time-crunched doctors are relying on remote-working scribes to take notes via video call | lbelanger225 | September 30, 2020 | FortuneWhen I was growing up as a kid playing Dungeons and Dragons, I didn’t dream about being the scribe.
Why Is This Man Running for President? (Ep. 362 Update) | Stephen J. Dubner | December 19, 2019 | Freakonomics
George R.R. Martin, the beloved scribe behind the A Song of Ice and Fire series, seems fairly convinced that he is a feminist.
The Abused Wives of Westeros: A Song of Feminism in ‘Game of Thrones’ | Amy Zimmerman | April 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIf you were particularly interested in one topic, you would order your scribe to write down only the relevant items.
Doing research for a PhD project, he became a scribe of the tribe on their urban adventures.
Urban Explorers Face Sewage, Rats, Vertigo, Claustrophobia and Cops | Josh Dzieza | October 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTOr perhaps the conversation reached a breaking point, said feminist scribe Naomi Wolf, because people are simply fed up.
Daniel Tosh, ‘Two Broke Girls,’ and The Oatmeal: The Year of the Rape Joke | Tricia Romano | December 17, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe scribe for Sporting News befriended Ghawi after exchanging messages with her online, he told The Daily Beast.
Colorado Shooting Victim Jessica Ghawi Left an Indelible Impression | Matthew DeLuca | July 21, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe wisdom of a scribe cometh by his time of leisure: and he that is less in action, shall receive wisdom.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousEven the scribe has seen this, and has altered were to ware, to give a rime to the eye.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerThe readings pleye, pley are evidently false; the scribe has omitted the stroke for n above the vowel.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerThe scribe easily turned yerde in into gardin, but ruined the sense by it.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerSometimes one of the refrains is actually omitted, but this may be the scribe's fault.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey Chaucer
British Dictionary definitions for scribe (1 of 2)
/ (skraɪb) /
a person who copies documents, esp a person who made handwritten copies before the invention of printing
a clerk or public copyist
Old Testament a recognized scholar and teacher of the Jewish Law
Judaism a man qualified to write certain documents in accordance with religious requirements
an author or journalist: used humorously
another name for scriber
to score a line on (a surface) with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking
Origin of scribe
1Derived forms of scribe
- scribal, adjective
British Dictionary definitions for Scribe (2 of 2)
/ (French skrib) /
Augustin Eugène (oɡystɛ̃ øʒɛn). 1791–1861, French author or coauthor of over 350 vaudevilles, comedies, and libretti for light opera
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