scrib-, script-, -scribe, -scription, -scriptive +
(Latin: write, record)
Writing has not always been available to the "common person". It was restricted only to the few who were educated especially for that purpose either as scribes or monks who dedicated their lives to this vocation. You can learn more about the ancient Egyptian scribes in this unit.
inscribe
1. To write, mark, or delineate (words, a name, characters, etc.) in or on something; especially, so as to be conspicuous or durable, as on a monument, tablet, etc.
2. To write or enter the name of (a person) upon an official document or list; to enroll.
3. To dedicate (a writing or work of art) to a person by a short inscription (placed at the beginning of a writing, or beneath a picture, etc.), less formal than an ordinary dedication.
inscriber
Someone who marks the surface of something with engraved or written characters; especially, in a durable or conspicuous way.
inscription
1. Words or letters written, printed, or engraved on a service.
2. A signed message written in a book or on a photograph, often when it is being presented as a gift.
interscribe
To write between lines or to interline.
lex non scripta
The unwritten law.
This phrase refers to what is known as common law, the body of law derived in the English tradition from precedent without the formality of statutes and regulations, but nevertheless binding. Lex scripta, refers to the body of written, or statutory, law.
manuscribe
1. To write with one’s (own) hand; to write by hand.
2. To write a book, a document, or a piece of music by hand rather than as a typed or printed production.
manuscript
1. A book or other text written by hand, especially one written before the invention of printing.
2. An author’s text for a book, article, or other piece of written work as it is submitted for publication.
3. Handwriting as opposed to machine-printed words.
nondescript
1. A person who is not easily classified and not very interesting.
2. Lacking distinct, remarkable, or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting.
nondescription
1. With no interesting or remarkable characteristics.
2. A reference to to a person or thing of no particular type, kind, or character; often used disparagingly.
omniscribent, omniscriptive
Writing on, or about, all subjects.
overprescribe, overprescribing
To prescribe an excessive amount of a drug or medicine.
overprescription
A prescription for an excessive amount of a medication.
postcript (post scriptum); P.S.
1. To write (something) after; to write as a postscript or appendix.
2. To write afterwards or subsequently; to make a written addition to a previously written message.
post postscriptum; PPS
Written after that which was previously written afterward.
That which is written after a previous post script as an additional after thought.
postscripted
1. Having a postscript.
2. Added in a postscript.
There is a special presentation about the history of the anient scribes at this "Professional-Egyptian scribe story", Part 1.
Related "writing" units:
glypto-;
gram-;
graph-.
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