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verb Write v. t. (past wrote; past part. written; archaic past & past part. writ; pres. part. writing) 1.To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the characters called letters; to write figures. 2.To set down for reading; to express in legible or intelligible characters; to inscribe; as, to write a deed; to write a bill of divorcement; hence, specifically, to set down in an epistle; to communicate by letter. "Last night she enjoined me to write some lines to one she loves." "I chose to write the thing I durst not speak To her I loved." 3.Hence, to compose or produce, as an author. "I purpose to write the history of England from the accession of King James the Second down to a time within the memory of men still living." 4.To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave; as, truth written on the heart. 5.To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; often used reflexively. "He who writes himself by his own inscription is like an ill painter, who, by writing on a shapeless picture which he hath drawn, is fain to tell passengers what shape it is, which else no man could imagine." To write to, to communicate by a written document to. Written laws, laws deriving their force from express legislative enactment, as contradistinguished from unwritten, or common, law. See the Note under Law, and Common law, under Common, a.
Write v. i. (past wrote; past part. written; archaic past & past part. writ; pres. part. writing) 1.To form characters, letters, or figures, as representative of sounds or ideas; to express words and sentences by written signs. "So it stead you, I will write, Please you command." 2.To be regularly employed or occupied in writing, copying, or accounting; to act as clerk or amanuensis; as, he writes in one of the public offices. 3.To frame or combine ideas, and express them in written words; to play the author; to recite or relate in books; to compose. "They can write up to the dignity and character of the authors." 4.To compose or send letters. "He wrote for all the Jews that went out of his realm up into Jewry concerning their freedom."
noun Writing n. 1.The act or art of forming letters and characters on paper, wood, stone, or other material, for the purpose of recording the ideas which characters and words express, or of communicating them to others by visible signs. 2.Anything written or printed; anything expressed in characters or letters; as: (a)Any legal instrument, as a deed, a receipt, a bond, an agreement, or the like. (b)Any written composition; a pamphlet; a work; a literary production; a book; as, the writings of Addison. (c)An inscription. "And Pilate wrote a title... And the writing was, Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews." 3.Handwriting; chirography. Writing book, a book for practice in penmanship. Writing desk, a desk with a sloping top for writing upon; also, a case containing writing materials, and used in a similar manner. Writing lark (Zool.), the European yellow-hammer; so called from the curious irregular lines on its eggs. (Prov. Eng.) Writing machine. Same as Typewriter. Writing master, one who teaches the art of penmanship. Writing obligatory (Law), a bond. Writing paper, paper intended for writing upon with ink, usually finished with a smooth surface, and sized. Writing school, a school for instruction in penmanship. Writing table, a table fitted or used for writing upon.
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