English to Afrikaans Meaning of scribe - skrywer

Scribe :

skrywer

noun

skrywer, Penman, blokfluit, letterzetter, copiist, drukker

verb

skryf, skrywer, skryf neer, bedek met skryfwerk, spoor

Scribe :: skrywerScribes :: skrifgeleerdes

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Definitions of scribe in English

Noun(1) French playwright (1791-1861(2) informal terms for journalists(3) someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts(4) a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut
Verb(1) score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking

Examples of scribe in English

(1) Burgess's first love was music and the Manchester-born scribe did not plan on becoming a writer but aspired instead to being a composer.(2) After the words ├ö├ç├┐Cum Santo Marco in soldo├ö├ç├û the scribe added ├ö├ç├┐in uno scudo├ö├ç├û above the line of writing.(3) Like all sites conceived as digital brochures, it has far too much text which includes an overly lavish encomium by a Sunday newspaper scribe .(4) The names of some of his patrons are known through his colophons, and it is probable that he primarily earned his living by being a teacher in the richer circles, rather than as a scribe .(5) Bishko used this discovery to draw important conclusions about the nature of the Historia Silense, but he dismissed the inaccuracy itself as merely the error of an ignorant scribe .(6) Jean was an illuminator who established a thriving workshop in Bourges with the help of AndrÔö£┬« Rousseau, a scribe , manuscript agent, and the librarian of the university.(7) mark the position of the lock body on the door edge, then scribe a centre mark(8) A scribe is an easy way to fit material to irregular surfaces.(9) The Psalter, datable to about 795, is known commonly as the Dagulf Psalter, for its chief scribe includes his name in one of the dedicatory poems, written in letters of gold.(10) Consider using a scribe for cutting Plexiglas without breaking it.(11) Placing the bird on a perch that rested on the desk, Grace quickly scribed a short note; we shall arrive in Clew Bay tonight.(12) The first shop she stopped at was one by the name of Pewter Haven (as it was plainly scribed into a wooden sign that swung from over the doorway).(13) The barrel has a series of circles scribed round it, spaced so that each aligns with one of the levers which, on the organ, will open a pallet to admit air to a pipe for a specific note.(14) The poems are written in Akkadian and Sumerian, the latter a mainly academic, scribal language, the former a Semitic language related to Hebrew and Arabic.(15) Although there are useful discussions here about scribal culture, the printing trade, and political communication, there is nothing to which historians will be indebted.(16) Small strange drawings were scribbled and scribed into the wet surfaces, simple childish cave illustration that seemed so alien to all that had preceded it.

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Synonyms

Noun

1. clerk ::

klerk

2. writer ::

skrywer

3. penman ::

Penman

4. scrivener ::

SCRIVENER

5. scriber ::

kraspen

Different Forms

scribe, scribes

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