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exscribe

exscribe verb: to copy down onto paper; to transcribe.

Verb

exscribe (third-person singular simple present exscribes, present participle exscribing, simple past and past participle exscribed)

  1. (obsolete) To copy down onto paper; to transcribe.
    • 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.1640-41, Ben Jonson, A Sonnet, to the Noble Lady, the Lady Mary Wroth

Forms of exscribe

third-person singular presentexscribes
present participleexscribing
past participleexscribed
pastexscribed

Origin of exscribe

Borrowed from Latin excribere; ex (“out, from”) + scribere (“to write”).

Questions about exscribe

What does exscribe mean?
Exscribe means to copy down onto paper; to transcribe.
What part of speech is exscribe?
Exscribe is a verb.
What is the past tense of exscribe?
The past tense of exscribe is exscribed.

Words near exscribe in the dictionary

  1. exsanguious
  2. exscind
  3. exscinded
  4. exscinding
  5. exscinds
  6. exscribe
  7. exscribed
  8. exscribing
  9. exscript
  10. exscriptible
  11. exscripts

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