to scriven
9.9
To write or copy documents for other people as a job
- verb
- /ˈskrɪvən/
- Archaic
:
escribir
- During her summer internship, he spent hours scrivening minutes from the meetings.
Examples
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As a professional assistant, she often scrivens important legal documents for her boss.
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I created scrivening solely to frame gods.
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I wrote of what I saw around me, humorous stories of bloated merchants, addled nurses, corrupt politicians, scrivening clerks and vile lawyers, and the world recognized them and laughed.
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The old clerk was known for scrivening letters with exceptional speed and clarity.
How Formal
Surface Forms
scriven infinitive
scrivened past
scrivened past participle
scrivening present participle
scrivens third person singular
Etymology
Scriven comes from the Latin root scribere, which means 'to write'. You can see the same root in common words like scribe and scribble, so scriven means to write or copy documents, often as a professional.