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Meaning of "scrivening" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SCRIVENING

scrivening  [ˈskrɪvənɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCRIVENING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Scrivening is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SCRIVENING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of scrivening in the English dictionary

The definition of scrivening in the dictionary is writing. Other definition of scrivening is telling the future by shapes revealed in smoke, water or a crystal ball.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCRIVENING


air-conditioning
ˈɛəkənˌdɪʃ ənɪŋ
awakening
əˈweɪkənɪŋ
conditioning
kənˈdɪʃənɪŋ
eevning
ˈiːvənɪŋ
fastening
ˈfɑːsənɪŋ
frightening
ˈfraɪt ənɪŋ
gardening
ˈɡɑːdənɪŋ
governing
ˈɡʌvənɪŋ
happening
ˈhæpənɪŋ
ironing
ˈaɪənɪŋ
opening
ˈəʊpənɪŋ
poisoning
ˈpɔɪzənɪŋ
positioning
pəˈzɪʃənɪŋ
questioning
ˈkwɛstʃənɪŋ
ravening
ˈrævənɪŋ
reasoning
ˈriːzənɪŋ
self-governing
ˌsɛlfˈɡʌvənɪŋ
strengthening
ˈstreŋθənɪŋ
threatening
ˈθrɛtənɪŋ
tightening
ˈtaɪtənɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCRIVENING

scripter
scriptoria
scriptorial
scriptorium
scriptory
scriptural
scripturalism
scripturalist
scripturally
scripture
Scriptures
scripturism
scripturist
scriptwriter
scriptwriting
scritch
scriveboard
scrivener
scrivenership
scrobble

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCRIVENING

beginning
christening
deepening
easy listening
enlightening
evening
good evening
grand opening
greening
hardening
intervening
lightening
listening
screening
sharpening
shortening
thickening
weakening
whitening
widening
worsening

Synonyms and antonyms of scrivening in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «scrivening» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCRIVENING

Find out the translation of scrivening to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of scrivening from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «scrivening» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

scrivening
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

scrivening
570 millions of speakers

English

scrivening
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

scrivening
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

scrivening
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

scrivening
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

scrivening
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

scrivening
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

scrivening
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Scrivening
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

scrivening
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

scrivening
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

scrivening
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Scrivening
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

scrivening
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

scrivening
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दलाली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

scrivening
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scrivening
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

scrivening
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

scrivening
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

scrivening
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

scrivening
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

scrivening
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

scrivening
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

scrivening
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of scrivening

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCRIVENING»

The term «scrivening» is barely ever used and occupies the 203.963 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCRIVENING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «scrivening» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «scrivening» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about scrivening

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCRIVENING»

Discover the use of scrivening in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scrivening and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Comprising Reports of Cases in the Courts of Chancery, ...
That case was a clear instance of scrivening ; but the doubt was, whether it was a substantial case of scrivening, or merely incidental to the profession of an attorney or solicitor. In Ex parte Paterson re Bryant (5), the Lord Chancellor, in giving ...
‎1841
2
The Law Journal Reports
That case was a clear instance of scrivening ; but the doubt was, whether it was a substantial case of scrivening, or merely incidental to the profession of an attorney or solicitor. In Ex parte Pater son re Bryant (5), the Lord Chancellor, in giving ...
‎1841
3
Reports of Cases in Bankruptcy: Argued and Determined in the ...
... not been very satisfactorily established ; but I am of opinion, upon the whole, that there is not enough to call upon us to supersede. Sir George Rose. — The evidence of scrivening does W'VNDRAM and another. not perhaps amount to much.
Basil Montagu, Edward Erastus Deacon, Sir John Peter De Gex, 1842
4
The Law Journal for the Year 1832-1949: Comprising Reports ...
That case was a clear instance of scrivening ; but the doubt was, whether it was a substantial case of scrivening, or merely incidental to the profession of an attorney or solicitor. In Ex parte Paterson re Bryant (5), the Lord Chancellor, in giving ...
‎1841
5
Analytical Digest of Cases Published in the Law Journal Reports
The evidence which was before the Court below, as to the practice of scrivening was, as I before observed, the testimony of two clerks who were formerly in the service of Mr. Dufaur, and, if their evidence is to he relied upon, no doubt the ...
Henry D. Barton, 1852
6
The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Volume IX: Early Art: ...
As times went on he passed from scrivening to an attorney's office, and from that through a period of irregular employment on the Nation to a small post in the College Library, where he was employed compiling a catalogue. Here Mitchel† saw ...
William Butler Yeats, John P. Frayne, Madeleine Marchaterre, 2010
7
The Law Times: The Journal and Record of the Law and the Lawyers
The evidence which was before the court below as to the practice of scrivening was, as I before observed, t.he testimony of two clerks who were formerly in the service of Mr. Dufaur, and, if their evidence is to be relied upon, no doubt the ...
‎1853
8
Suspicious Readings of Joyce's "Dubliners"
Melville troped it by metaphorizing scrivening as the production of dead letters, and Gogol lampoons this perversion of art when he gives his Akaky Akakyevich —his very name a patronymic copy—an unaccountable passion for copying letters.
Margot Norris, 2011
9
Mutual Life, Limited: Islamic Banking, Alternative ...
The discipline inside of me wonders whether literary assessments of Bartleby's formula have suffered from a lack of familiarity with other traditions of “scrivening.” To copy, in the tradition to which the lawyer's other two scribes, Nippers and ...
Bill Maurer, 2011
10
The Clerk's Tale: Young Men and Moral Life in ...
minished place in the white-collar hierarchy, the clerks in the lawyer's office are precluded from acquiring or using this authority for themselves, absorbed as they are in the increasingly mechanical duties of scrivening. With their temperaments  ...
Thomas Augst, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCRIVENING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term scrivening is used in the context of the following news items.
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Random thoughts: disruption, customer engagement and thee
If I remember correctly (and I may not) the thinking was that the second pass, even though it was what came to mind as opposed to editing the original scrivening ... «ZDNet, Oct 14»
2
Enemy of the Week Bums of August
It took awhile, but as an officer and a gentleman he now takes “full responsibility” for his dubious scrivening. It's not clear whom Democrats will choose to replace ... «American Spectator, Aug 14»
3
How O.J. and Nicole Brown's Friends Coped with Murder in Their …
So I was familiar with bonhomie and brawls among the glamour set, and comfortable around the scrivening of Hollywood scandal and tragedy. Amusing ... «Vanity Fair, Jun 14»
4
This week in books: Susan Hill, Alex Miller, and Seamus Heaney's …
... when the books are strewn with nonsense, stems from an idea that the right set of unbreakable rules will provide an infallible formula for scrivening success.”. «The Guardian, Oct 13»
5
Burying the Hatchet
James laments the inability of American critics to lay into their scrivening colleagues with the exuberance practiced by their British counterparts. “America ... «New Yorker, Sep 13»
6
Andrew Greig: Fair Helen (Quercus)
The Langton who narrates the fateful story many decades later has become an intriguing curio, an ageing man of letters, his "eyes far gone from scrivening and ... «Herald Scotland, Sep 13»
7
Not Knowing Cursive Is Neither Sad Nor Embarrassing For Rachel …
Will this result in a more widespread return to scrivening? Maybe so. And maybe it also needs to lead to a more in-depth conversation about literacy that doesn't ... «xoJane, Jul 13»
8
The Signature of Your Soul
In her book Handwriting in America: A Cultural History, Tamara Plakins Thornton investigates how our scrivening came to “embody, regulate, and generate ... «Slate Magazine, Jan 13»
9
Is Handwriting Worth Saving?
(That's one advantage to our modern means of scrivening—you can do it at night in the dark without getting out of bed or waking your husband.) But Hensher is ... «Slate Magazine, Nov 12»
10
Best Products of 2012: Business and Productivity
... you organize your ideas and notes. You can switch between corkboard, outline, and continuous-flow "scrivening" views to see how your opus is shaping up. «PCWorld, Nov 12»

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