transcribe (Verb) — Write out from speech, notes, etc.. ex. "Transcribe the oral history of this tribe"
transcribe (Verb) — Rewrite in a different script. ex. "The Sanskrit text had to be transcribed"
transcribe (Verb) — (music) rewrite or arrange a piece of music for an instrument or medium other than that originally intended.
transcribe (Verb) — Make a phonetic transcription of. ex. "The anthropologist transcribed the sentences of the native informant"
transcribe (Verb) — (biochemistry) convert the genetic information in (a strand of DNA) into a strand of RNA, especially messenger RNA.