[skrʌɪb], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person who copied out documents, especially one employed to do this before printing was invented

- a Jewish recordkeeper or, later, a professional theologian and jurist

- a pointed instrument used for making marks on wood, bricks, etc., to guide a saw or in signwriting


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in scribe): from Latin scriba, from scribere ‘write’. The verb was first used in the sense ‘write down’; in sense 2 it is perhaps partly a shortening of describe

[skrʌɪb], (Verb)

Definitions:
- write
(e.g: he scribed a note that he passed to Dan)

- mark with a pointed instrument
(e.g: mark the position of the lock body on the door edge, then scribe a centre mark)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in scribe): from Latin scriba, from scribere ‘write’. The verb was first used in the sense ‘write down’; in sense 2 it is perhaps partly a shortening of describe