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to scrivened

to scrivened

9.9
Written by hand, usually as a copy of another text
  • verb
  • /ˈskrɪvənd/
  • Archaic
translation icon : escrito a mano
  • The old manuscript was carefully scrivened onto parchment by the apprentice.

Examples

  • Before printing became common, all documents were scrivened by hand in the scriptorium.

  • All official records in the monastery were scrivened by the resident scribe.

  • Legal contracts needed to be scrivened by hand before the invention of printing.

  • The contract was scrivened by the assistant.

  • She scrivened the notes carefully.

  • The historian had the ancient letters scrivened to preserve them for future study.

  • At the library, she found a collection of letters scrivened during the medieval period.

Synonyms

handwritten
vsto scrivened
18 2.8

Made by using a pen instead of typing or printing

is a more formal term used in older or technical contexts
penciled
vsto scrivened
  • US
1.3

Written or drawn with a tool that leaves grey marks on paper

refers to manual copying regardless of the tool used
written
vsto scrivened
1.0

Made as words on paper or a screen rather than spoken

focuses specifically on copying done by hand rather than other methods

Surface Forms

scrivened infinitive
scrivened past
scrivened past participle
scrivening present participle
scriveneds third person singular

Morphology

scrivened = scriven (transparent) = scriven + ed

The form is a regular past-participle/verb form formed by adding '-ed' to the verb 'scriven', so the relation is directly predictable.

Etymology

Scrivened comes from the Latin scribere, which means 'to write', and is the same root as the common words scribe and script. So, to say a document was scrivened is to say it was carefully written or copied by hand, just like a scribe would do.