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noun
1.
the letters or characters used in writing by hand; handwriting, especially cursive writing.
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a manuscript or document.
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the text of a manuscript or document.
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the manuscript or one of various copies of the written text of a play, motion picture, or radio or television broadcast.
5.
EXPANDany system of writing.
verb (used with object)
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to write a script for: The movie was scripted by a famous author.
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to plan or devise; make arrangements for: The week-long festivities were scripted by a team of experts.
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Origin:
1325–75; Middle English (noun) < Latin scrīptum, noun use of neuter past participle of scrībere to write; replacing Middle English scrit < Old French escrit < Latin, as above
1325–75; Middle English (noun) < Latin scrīptum, noun use of neuter past participle of scrībere to write; replacing Middle English scrit < Old French escrit < Latin, as above
Related forms
script·er, noun
un·der·script, noun
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Word Origin & History
script
late 14c., "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,"
EXPANDO.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.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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