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screeve.

To write.

7 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/skɹiːv/
  1. To write.

    UK · obsolete · slang
  2. To draw with chalks on a pavement or sidewalk.

    UK · obsolete · slang
  3. To write begging letters.

    UK · obsolete · slang
Where this word comes from

In view of the slang nature of the term, probably from Polari screeve (“write”), from Irish scríobh, eventually from Latin scrībō (“write”). Doublet of shrive.

noun/skɹiːv/
  1. A begging letter.

    UK · obsolete · slang
Where this word comes from

In view of the slang nature of the term, probably from Polari screeve (“write”), from Irish scríobh, eventually from Latin scrībō (“write”). Doublet of shrive.

noun/skɹiːv/
  1. In the grammar of Georgian and related languages, a combination of tense, aspect and mood. Occasionally used for non-Kartvelian languages.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Georgian მწკრივი (mc̣ḳrivi, “row, series”).

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