Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To write or draw; write a begging letter, etc.

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  • verb To write.
  • verb To draw with chalks on a pavement or sidewalk.
  • noun In Georgian grammar, a combination of tense, aspect and mood.

Etymologies

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Perhaps from Italian scrivere, from Latin scrībō ("write").

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From Georgian მწკრივი (mts'k'rivi).

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  • A tense/aspect/mood paradigm in Georgian: from the Georgian grammatical term mts'k'rivi "row".

    June 11, 2009