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[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
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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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Slang Dictionary
script(t)

  1. n.
    a note; any piece of paper with a written message. (Underworld.) : Make him sign this script before you let him in on the deal.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

script 
c.1374, "something written," from O.Fr. escrit (Fr. écrit) "a writing, written paper," from L. scriptum "a writing, book, law, line, mark," noun use of neut. pp. of scribere "to write," from PIE *skreibh- (cf. Gk. skariphasthai "to scratch an outline, sketch," Lett. skripat "scratch, write," O.N. hrifa "scratch"), from base *sker- "cut, incise" (cf. O.E. sceran "cut off, shear;" see shear) on the notion of carving marks in stone, wood, etc. Meaning "handwriting" is recorded from 1860. Theatrical use, short for manuscript, is attested from 1897. The importance of Rome to the spread of civilization in Europe is attested by the fact that the word for "write" in Romance, Celtic and Gmc. languages derives from scribere (e.g. Fr. écrire, Ir. scriobhaim, Welsh ysgrifennu, Ger. schreiben), but the cognate O.E. scrifan means "to allot, assign, decree" (see shrive; also cf. O.N. skript "penance") and Mod.Eng. uses write (q.v.) to express this action.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: script
Pronunciation: 'skript
Function: noun
: PRESCRIPTION 1
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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