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Tran′script

(trăn′skrĭpt)
,
Noun.
[L.
transcriptum
, neut. of
transcriptus
, p. p. of
transcribere
. See
Transcribe
.]
1.
That which has been transcribed; a writing or composition consisting of the same words as the original; a written copy.
The decalogue of Moses was but a
transcript
.
South.
2.
A copy of any kind; an imitation.
The Grecian learning was but a
transcript
of the Chaldean and Egyptian.
Glanvill.

Webster 1828 Edition


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,
Noun.
[L. transcriptum.] A copy; a writing made from and according to an original; a writing or composition consisting of the same words with the original.
The decalogue of Moses was but a transcript, not an original.
1.
A copy of any kind.
The Roman learning was a transcript of the Grecian.