Tran*scribe" (trăn*skrīb"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transcribed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Transcribing.] [L. transcribere, transcriptum; trans across, over + scribere to write. See Scribe.] To write over again, or in the same words; to copy; as, to transcribe Livy or Tacitus; to transcribe a letter.

Tran*scribe" (trăn*skrīb"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Transcribed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Transcribing.] [L. transcribere, transcriptum; trans across, over + scribere to write. See Scribe.] To write over again, or in the same words; to copy; as, to transcribe Livy or Tacitus; to transcribe a letter.

• To make a full written or typewritten copy of something
  
• (computing) To transfer data from one recording media to another
  
• (music) To adapt a composition for a voice or instrument other than the original; to notate live or recorded music
  
• (biology) To cause DNA to undergo transcription
  
• (linguistics) To represent speech by phonetic symbols