Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A writer; a notary.
- To write; especially, to write with the expansive wordiness and repetitions characteristic of scriveners or lawyers.
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Examples
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And I dou 'he's ever saved a scriven, wouldna gie the cock (?) ta livin',
Partans in His Creel 1997
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Unsure of how to proceed, the counselor looked to the table at his side and at the red-scriven scroll outspread there.
Conan The Warlord Carpenter, Leonard 1988
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Unsure of how to proceed, the counselor looked to the table at his side and at the red-scriven scroll outspread there.
Conan The Warlord Carpenter, Leonard 1988
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In all probability it will terminate these Annals, and scriven the end of Company history.
The Black Company Cook, Glen 1984
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Blue as lupin or larkspur, or cornflower -- aye, and even so blue art thou, my scriven, to think how far the written page falls short of the bright ecstasy of thy dream!
Mince Pie Christopher Morley 1923
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