n. 1. A handwritten book, poem, or other document, or a collection of such handwritten documents bound together: The contents of the manuscript include a romance and a saint's life. 2. A version of a book, article, or other work before being published or prepared for publication: The author submitted the manuscript as a text file. 3. Handwriting, especially in contrast to print: Her last poems were left in manuscript. [From Medieval Latin manūscrīptum, from neuter of manūscrīptus, handwritten : Latin manū, ablative of manus, hand; see man-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + Latin scrīptus, past participle of scrībere, to write; see skrībh- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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