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Scripting - 2 dictionary results

script

[skript]
–noun
1. the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, esp. cursive writing.
2. a manuscript or document.
3. the text of a manuscript or document.
4. the manuscript or one of various copies of the written text of a play, motion picture, or radio or television broadcast.
5. any system of writing.
6. Printing. a type imitating handwriting. Compare cursive.
–verb (used with object)
7. to write a script for: The movie was scripted by a famous author.
8. to plan or devise; make arrangements for: The week-long festivities were scripted by a team of experts.

Origin:
1325–75; ME (n.) < L scrīptum, n. use of neut. ptp. of scrībere to write; r. ME scrit < OF escrit < L, as above


scripter, noun
script   (skrĭpt)   
n.  
    1. Handwriting.
    2. A style of writing with cursive characters.
    3. A particular system of writing: cuneiform script.
    4. A style of type that imitates handwriting.
    5. The matter set in this type.
    6. The text of a play, broadcast, or movie.
    7. A copy of a text used by a director or performer.
  1. Printing
    1. A style of type that imitates handwriting.
    2. The matter set in this type.
    3. The text of a play, broadcast, or movie.
    4. A copy of a text used by a director or performer.
    1. The text of a play, broadcast, or movie.
    2. A copy of a text used by a director or performer.
  2. Law An original document.
  3. Computer Science A simple program in a utility language or an application's proprietary language.
tr.v.   script·ed, script·ing, scripts
  1. To prepare (a text) for filming or broadcasting.
  2. To orchestrate (behavior or an event, for example) as if writing a script: "the brilliant, charming, judicial moderate scripted by his White House fans" (Ellen Goodman).

[Middle English skript, a piece of writing, alteration of scrite, from Old French escrit, from Latin scrīptum, from neuter past participle of scrībere, to write; see skrībh- in Indo-European roots.]
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