scriven, v.
(ˈskrɪv(ə)n)
[Back-formation f. scrivener.]
trans. and intr. (with advs.) To write as a scrivener does.
| a 1685 Ld. Guilford in North Life (1742) 311 Here's a Mortgage scrivened up to ten Skins of Parchment; and the King's Attorney General is content with six lines. 1839 Mrs. Gore Courtier iii, The attorney's clerks..were scrivening away in Mr. Heneage's justice-room. |