1. a person who copies documents by hand, especially before printing was invented
Usage: historical
2. a writer or author, especially of religious texts

1. to mark or score a line on wood, metal, or other material with a pointed tool
Usage: technical
2. to write or inscribe
Usage: formal

Examples

• Medieval scribes carefully copied manuscripts in monasteries.
• The ancient scribe recorded the king’s decrees on papyrus.
• Biblical scribes preserved religious texts for future generations.
• The carpenter used a compass to scribe a circle on the wood.
• She scribed her initials into the tree bark.
• The metalworker scribed cutting lines on the steel plate.