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| Write |
| [imp.
Wrote (?); p. p. Written (?);
Archaic imp. *** p. p. Writ (?)] p. pr. ***
vb. n. Writing.] [OE. writen, AS.
wr&imacr]tan; o |
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.
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.
Hence, to compose or produce, as an
author.
To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave; as,
truth written on the heart.
To make known by writing; to record; to prove by
one's own written testimony; -- often used reflexively.
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To form
characters, letters, or figures, as representative of sounds or ideas; to
express words and sentences by written signs.
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.
To frame or combine ideas, and express them in
written words; to play the author; to recite or relate in books; to
compose.
To compose or send letters.
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