noun
Meaning 1
A begging letter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, obsolete, slang
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Standard Lemma guide
screeve
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/skɹiːv/
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rhymes with -iːv
noun
Meaning 2
In the grammar of Georgian and related languages, a combination of tense, aspect and mood. Occasionally used for non-Kartvelian languages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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verb
Meaning 3
To write.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, obsolete, slang
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verb
Meaning 4
To draw with chalks on a pavement or sidewalk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, obsolete, slang
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verb
Meaning 5
To write begging letters.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, obsolete, slang
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History
Etymology
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.
Borrowed from Georgian მწკრივი (mc̣ḳrivi, “row, series”).