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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Handwriting.
  2. n. A style of writing with cursive characters.
  3. n. A particular system of writing: cuneiform script.
  4. n. Printing A style of type that imitates handwriting.
  5. n. Printing The matter set in this type.
  6. n. The text of a play, broadcast, or movie.
  7. n. A copy of a text used by a director or performer.
  8. n. Law An original document.
  9. n. Computer Science A simple program in a utility language or an application's proprietary language.
  10. v. To prepare (a text) for filming or broadcasting.
  11. v. To orchestrate (behavior or an event, for example) as if writing a script: "the brilliant, charming, judicial moderate scripted by his White House fans” ( Ellen Goodman).

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A writing; a written paper.
  2. n. In law, an original or principal document.
  3. n. Writing; handwriting; written form of letter; written characters; style of writing.
  4. n. In printing, types that imitate written letters or writing. See example under ronde.
  5. n. An abbreviation of scripture or scriptural.

Wiktionary

  1. n. countable (obsolete) A writing; a written document.
  2. n. Written characters; style of writing.
  3. n. typography Type made in imitation of handwriting.
  4. n. countable (law) An original instrument or document.
  5. n. countable The written document containing the dialogue and action for a drama; the text of a stage play, movie, or other performance. Especially, the final form used for the performance itself.
  6. n. computing A file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in sequence.
  7. n. linguistics A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.
  8. n. An abbreviation for a prescription.
  9. v. transitive to make or write a script

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. obsolete A writing; a written document.
  2. n. (Print.) Type made in imitation of handwriting.
  3. n. (Law) An original instrument or document.
  4. n. Written characters; style of writing.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a particular orthography or writing system
  2. n. a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
  3. n. something written by hand
  4. v. write a script for

Etymologies

  1. Old English scrit, Latin scriptum (something written), from scrībō ("write"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English skript, a piece of writing, alteration of scrite, from Old French escrit, from Latin scrīptum, from neuter past participle of scrībere, to write; see skrībh- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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