† diˈscribe, v. Obs. nonce-wd.
[f. L. di-, dis- (dis- 6) + scrībĕre to write, after proscribe, etc.: it does not in sense represent L. dīscrībĕre to apportion (by writing).]
trans. To undo by a writing.
| 1647 Ward Simp. Cobler (1843) 59 If a King..will circumscribe himself at Oxford, and proscribe or discribe his Parliament at Westminster. |