\Tran"script\ (tr[a^]n"skr[i^]pt), n. [L. transcriptum, neut. of transcriptus, p. p. of transcribere. See {Transcribe}.] 1. That which has been transcribed; a writing or composition consisting of the same words as the original; a written copy. The decalogue of Moses was but a transcript. --South. 2. A copy of any kind; an imitation. The Grecian learning was but a transcript of the Chaldean and Egyptian. --Glanvill.