transcriptiveadj.
/trɑːnˈskrɪptɪv/, /tranˈskrɪptɪv/, U.S. /ˈtrænzˌkrɪptɪv/, /ˈtræn(t)ˌskrɪptɪv/ 1. Having the quality or habit of transcribing; given, devoted, or tending to transcription.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > writing > manner of writing > copying or transcribing > [adjective] > copying or transcribing
transcriptive1646
copying1876
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. viii. 29 Although excellent and usefull Authors, yet being either transcriptive, or following the common relations of things, their accounts are not to be swallowed at large.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. viii. 33 He is to be embraced..as a transcriptive relator. View more context for this quotation
1823 Ld. Byron Let. in Eng. Stud. (1897) XXXIII. 453 I sent to Mrs. S—— a few Scenes more of the drama begun for her transcriptive leisure.
1888 A. Cave Inspiration Old Test. viii. 455 Transcriptive Inspiration..moves the writers to write.
2. Roman Law. Transferring obligation: cf. transcription n. 4.
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society > law > legal obligation > [adjective] > transfer of obligation
novative1875
transcriptive1875
novatory1880
1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) iii. §131. 11 Transcriptive entries differ from mere entries of a person as debtor to cash.
Derivatives
tranˈscriptively adv. rare in a transcriptive manner; by way of transcription.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > writing > manner of writing > copying or transcribing > [adverb]
transcriptively1646
transcriptionally1911
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. vi. 21 Authors write often dubiously... Not a few transcriptively,..meerely transcribing almost all they have written. View more context for this quotation
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