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The correct spelling is scribe.
How to pronounce scribe
/skɹaɪb/
nounIPA: /skɹaɪb/
Say it like: Scr-ibe
The correct spelling is scribe. Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary or copyist.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary or copyist.
- 2.A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.
- 3.A very sharp, steel drawing implement used in engraving and etching, a scriber.
- 4.(in particular) A journalist.
verb
- 1.To write.
- 2.To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.
- 3.To record.
- 4.To write or draw with a scribe.
- 5.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 moulding, etc.; so called because the workman marks, or scribes, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts.
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