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- English Word Writ Definition An instrument in writing, under seal, in an epistolary form, issued from the proper authority, commanding the performance or nonperformance of some act by the person to whom it is directed; as, a writ of entry, of error, of execution, of injunction, of mandamus, of return, of summons, and the like.
- English Word Writ Definition of Write
- English Word Writability Definition Ability or capacity to write.
- English Word Writable Definition Capable of, or suitable for, being written down.
- English Word Writative Definition Inclined to much writing; -- correlative to talkative.
- English Word Write Definition 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.
- English Word Write Definition 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.
- English Word Write Definition Hence, to compose or produce, as an author.
- English Word Write Definition To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave; as, truth written on the heart.
- English Word Write Definition To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; -- often used reflexively.
- English Word Write Definition To form characters, letters, or figures, as representative of sounds or ideas; to express words and sentences by written signs.
- English Word Write Definition 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.
- English Word Write Definition To frame or combine ideas, and express them in written words; to play the author; to recite or relate in books; to compose.
- English Word Write Definition To compose or send letters.
- English Word Writer Definition One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk.
- English Word Writer Definition One who is engaged in literary composition as a profession; an author; as, a writer of novels.
- English Word Writer Definition A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the late East India Company, who, after serving a certain number of years, became a factor.
- English Word Writership Definition The office of a writer.
- English Word Writhe Definition To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring.
- English Word Writhe Definition To wrest; to distort; to pervert.