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Synonyms: ascribe, scrive, scrine, scrib, escribe, scrike, scrobe, sqribe, scriba, scribo, scrie

Antonyms: ascribe, scrive, scrine, scrib, escribe, scrike, scrobe, sqribe, scriba, scribo, scrie

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Noun

1. Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist. A person who writes books or documents by hand as a profession.
2. A person who writes books or documents by hand as a profession.
3. A journalist.
4. A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.
5. A very sharp, steel drawing implement used in engraving and etching, a scriber.

Verb

1. To write.
2. To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.
3. To record, as a scribe.
4. To write or draw with a scribe.
5. To cut (something) in order to fit it closely to an irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a moulding, etc.
6. To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.

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