transcriptive

adjective

tran·​scrip·​tive

-ptiv,

-tēv also -təv

: that transcribes or is given to transcription : imitative

also : produced by transcribing

transcriptive art resulting from the Renaissance scientific search for natural truth

—Sheldon Cheney

transcriptively

-tə̇vlē

adverb

Word History

Etymology

Latin transcriptus (past participle of transcribere to transcribe) + English -ive

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