Antonyms for transcribe


Grammar : Verb
Spell : tran-skrahyb
Phonetic Transcription : trænˈskraɪb


Definition of transcribe

Origin :
  • 1550s, from Latin transcribere "to copy, write again in another place, write over, transfer," from trans- "over" (see trans-) + scribere "write" (see script (n.)). To do it poorly is to transcribble (1746). Related: Transcribed; transcribing.
  • verb transfer to another medium
Example sentences :
  • "Quite so, sir," I said, and continued to transcribe from the printed page.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • I shall regret all my life I did not transcribe this letter.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
  • I cannot forbear to transcribe what a friend has written to me.
  • Extract from : « The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX » by Various
  • As the tale differs in some particulars from that already given, I will transcribe it.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Folk-Lore » by Elias Owen
  • But we need not transcribe further this overwhelming document.
  • Extract from : « Short Studies on Great Subjects » by James Anthony Froude
  • "Well, then, put it in a player and transcribe it by ear," I told him.
  • Extract from : « Lone Star Planet » by Henry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuire
  • There is no need to transcribe the history of education here.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
  • I transcribe selections; the spelling, as before, being my own.
  • Extract from : « They and I » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • When they returned to the office, Athalie began to transcribe her stenographic notes.
  • Extract from : « Athalie » by Robert W. Chambers
  • Having been favored with a copy of the opening address, I transcribe it.
  • Extract from : « Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas » by W. Hastings Macaulay

Synonyms for transcribe

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