(n.) A person whose employment is to write what another dictates, or to copy what another has written.
Example Sentences:
(1) Georges Albert Edouard Brutus Gilles de la Tourette (1857-1904), one of Charcot's favourite pupils and his self-appointed amanuensis made several valuable contributions to medicine and literature.
(2) A s with so much concerning Kafka – his strange life, and stranger fiction – we are almost compelled to begin with the observations of Max Brod, his friend, sanctifier and – some might argue – crypto-amanuensis.
(3) There is also a growing interest in the life and diary of Sofya Andreevna, who worked as Tolstoy's literary amanuensis.
(4) Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” So, according to his tireless amanuensis James Boswell, said Dr Samuel Johnson on the night of 7 April 1775.
(5) Cameron and his amanuensis, George Osborne, clearly did not expect their gamble to fail.
Manuscript
Definition:
(a.) Written with or by the hand; not printed; as, a manuscript volume.
(a.) A literary or musical composition written with the hand, as distinguished from a printed copy.
(a.) Writing, as opposed to print; as, the book exists only in manuscript.
Example Sentences:
(1) Recent studies, including those presented in this manuscript, indicate that 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D3 and, perhaps, increases of the serum calcium concentration inhibit transcription of the calcitonin gene resulting in decreased production of calcitonin.
(2) In this manuscript the epidemiologic, clinical, histopathologic, immunologic and etiologic aspects as well as possible therapeutic modalities for the management of hormone-mediated desquamative gingivitis are examined.
(3) Exhibits donated by his family include the manuscript of the 1928 novel Años y Leguas (Years and Leagues), Miró’s love letter to the Alicante province.
(4) Therefore, the acronym NAALADase seems to be incorrect, and peptidase activity against NAAG will be used throughout this manuscript when referring to the enzyme that cleaves NAAG and whose activity is inhibited by quisqualate and beta-NAAG.
(5) She sent the finished manuscript to Elaine Greene , a London literary agent.
(6) The precise fate of the manuscripts was difficult to verify.
(7) The following, therefore, is not just another detailed manuscript regarding the skin of primates.
(8) 7 and D. Page, M.R.G., K. Fahey, L. Matsuuchi and A.L.D., manuscript submitted for publication), but may not be sufficient, as agents that elevate calcium and activate protein kinase C cause only partial growth arrest.
(9) The stereotypical view of the historian is that of a stodgy, bespectacled individual poring over tomes of printed text, dusty manuscripts, and thousands of index cards.
(10) The second episode, that of Dean Vaughan, has been reconstructed for the first time using the Broadlands Manuscripts of Lord Palmerston.
(11) I also lost 650 unpublished manuscripts which are pieces that had been written especially for me.
(12) A manuscript's abstract may be the determining factor in the article's acceptance for publication or presentation.
(13) This manuscript will focus on the computer program and the data base designed for the oncology department and its impact on nurses and patients.
(14) In this manuscript the pathology of human arterial disease, including diseases of the aorta, coronary arteries, and peripheral arteries, is reviewed.
(15) The primary purpose of this manuscript is to demonstrate the qualitative and quantitative radiologic signs indicative of the diagnosis and the surgical management resulting therefrom.
(16) This manuscript summarizes the preclinical and clinical findings on the metabolic modulation of FUra activity by dThd and folinic acid.
(17) But Labour and Lib Dem sources said they would be tabling manuscript amendments to the crime and courts bill in the Lords to remove the threat.
(18) Each note is like a little illuminated manuscript in your wallet.
(19) To illustrate the extent of time lags from manuscript submission to journal publication certain "core" journals in neurology and general medicine have been surveyed.
(20) Brownlee and E.M. Cartwright (manuscript in preparation).