scribe Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun French playwright (1791-1861)
    Augustin Eugene Scribe.
  2. noun informal terms for journalists
    penman; scribbler.
  3. noun someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts
    scrivener; copyist.
  4. noun a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut
    scratch awl; scriber.
  5. verb score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking

WordNet

Scribe noun
Etymology
L. scriba, fr. scribere to write; cf. Gr. a splinter, pencil, style (for writing), E. scarify. Cf. Ascribe, Describe, Script, Scrivener, Scrutoire.
Definitions
  1. One who writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another; especially, an offical or public writer; an amanuensis or secretary; a notary; a copyist.
  2. (Jewish Hist.) A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.
Scribe transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Scribed ; present participle & verbal noun Scribing
Definitions
  1. To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe. Spenser.
  2. (Carp.) 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 molding, or the like; -- so called because the workman marks, or scribe, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts.
  3. To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.
Scribe intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To make a mark.
    With the separated points of a pair of spring dividers scribe around the edge of the templet. A. M. Mayer.

Webster 1913