Etymology

exscribe

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Today it means: To copy down onto paper; to transcribe. Full definition →

Latin excribere
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromexcribere
  2. English todayexscribe

Borrowed from Latin excribere; ex (“out, from”) + scribere (“to write”).

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