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script

Latin

write, scratch

Variants:scriptscribscrip
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From Latin scrībere (to write), past participle scrīptum. Originally meant 'to scratch, carve,' reflecting early writing methods. Immensely productive: describe (write about), prescribe (write before), manuscript (hand-written), postscript (written after), scripture (sacred writing), scribble (write carelessly). The -scrib- form appears in verbs, -script in nouns.

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describe

to explain what something or someone is like

description

A spoken or written account of someone or something

script

The written text of a play or film; a handwriting style (n.); to write a script (v.)

prescription

A doctor's written order for medicine or treatment

manuscript

A handwritten or typed original document or text; handwritten

prescribe

To order medicine for a patient; to lay down rules or directions

transcript

A written copy of spoken words; an official academic record

descriptive

Giving a detailed account; relating to description

subscriber

A person who pays to receive a publication or service regularly

subscribe

To pay for regular access to a service or publication; to agree with an idea

subscription

A paid arrangement for regular access to a service or publication

inscription

Words engraved or carved on a surface such as a monument or coin

inscribe

To carve or write words on a surface; to dedicate a work to someone

scripture

A sacred religious text, especially the Bible

transcribe

To convert speech to written text; to copy or rewrite

scribble

To write or draw carelessly (v.); careless hasty writing or drawing (n.)

ascribe

To attribute something to a particular cause or person

transcription

A written or recorded copy; the process of transcribing speech or genetic data

nondescript

Lacking distinctive features; unremarkable

circumscribe

To restrict or limit; to draw a boundary around

conscript

To draft into military service; a person so drafted

prescriptive

Giving specific rules or directions about how something should be done

conscription

Compulsory military service

indescribable

Too extreme or unusual to be put into words