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Webster 1913 Edition


Transcriptive

Tran-scrip′tive

(-tĭv)
,
Adj.
Done as from a copy; having the style or appearance of a transcription.
[R.]
Tran-scrip′tive-ly
,
adv.
[R.]
Sir T. Browne.

Definition 2024


transcriptive

transcriptive

English

Adjective

transcriptive (comparative more transcriptive, superlative most transcriptive)

  1. Pertaining to, or having the character of, transcription
    • 2009 August 23, Helen Vendler, “The Plain Sense of Things”, in New York Times:
      [] Stevens wrote symbolic rather than transcriptive poetry.