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    transcribe - Dictionary definition and meaning for word transcribe

    Definition
    (verb) write out from speech, notes, etc.
    Example Sentence
    • Transcribe the oral history of this tribe
    Definition
    (verb) rewrite in a different script
    Synonyms : transliterate
    Example Sentence
    • The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated
    Definition
    (verb) rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended Definition
    (verb) make a phonetic transcription of
    Example Sentence
    • The anthropologist transcribed the sentences of the native informant
    Definition
    (verb) convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for transcribe

TRANSCRIBE = TRANSfer + SCRIBE(to write). So when you transfer some writings from one book to other it means you COPY the writings.

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Derived from the word TRANSCRIPT which means copy made from original.

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TRANSCRIBE and SCRIBE. Historians TRANSCRIBE (copy) the old manuscripts originally written by SCRIBES (writers) in the olden days.

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