Exscribe
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Exscribe is a verb meaning (obsolete) To copy down onto paper; to transcribe.
Meaning
(obsolete) To copy down onto paper; to transcribe.
Example Sentences
1640-41, Ben Jonson, A Sonnet, to the Noble Lady, the Lady Mary Wroth, I that have been a lover, and could show it/ Though not in these, in rhymes not wholly dumb/ Since I exscribe your sonnets, am become/ A better lover, and much better poet.
Word Forms
- exscribes
- exscribing
- exscribed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include conscribe, scribe, bewrite, transcript, manuscribe, typescript.
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