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to scriven

to scriven

1 9.9
To write or copy documents for other people as a job
  • verb
  • /ˈskrɪvən/
  • Archaic
translation icon : escribir
  • During her summer internship, he spent hours scrivening minutes from the meetings.

Examples

  • As a professional assistant, she often scrivens important legal documents for her boss.

  • I created scrivening solely to frame gods.

    Blog text (29)

  • 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.

    The Riddle (2007)

  • The old clerk was known for scrivening letters with exceptional speed and clarity.

How Formal

to scriven
  • Archaic
1 9.9
to transcribe
27 4.2
to copy
328 1.0
to write
∞ 1.0
to note
158 1.3

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.