script

Etymology

From Middle English scrit, borrowed from Old French escrit, from Latin scriptum (something written), from scrībō (“write”).

noun

1. (countable, obsolete) A writing; a written document.
2. Written characters; style of writing.
3. (typography) Type made in imitation of handwriting.
4. (countable, law) An original instrument or document.
5. (countable) The written document containing the dialogue and action for a drama; the text of a stage play, movie, or other performance. Especially, the final form used for the performance itself.
6. (computing) A file containing a list of user commands, allowing them to be invoked once to execute in sequence.
7. (psychology) A behavioral script; sequence of actions in a given situation.
8. (linguistics) A system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.
9. (informal) Short for prescription. (for drugs or medicine)

verb

1. (transitive) To make or write a script.
2. (transitive) To devise, concoct, or contrive.
   Such hedging is necessitated by the lack of in-depth knowledge of the contents, which also gives free rein to the scripting of unsubstantiated factoids concerning the book. 2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 487