screeve

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skɹiːv/

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Italian scrivere, from Latin scrībō (write). Doublet of shrive.

Verb

screeve (third-person singular simple present screeves, present participle screeving, simple past and past participle screeved)

  1. To write.
  2. To draw with chalks on a pavement or sidewalk.
  3. (dated) To write begging letters.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

screeve (plural screeves)

  1. (grammar) In Georgian grammar, a combination of tense, aspect and mood.
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