Transcribe \Tran*scribe"\ (tr[a^]n*skr[imac]b"), 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.