pret. wrote; pp. writ

To form by a pen on paper or other material, or by a graver on wood or stone; as, to write the characters called letters; to write figures. We write characters on paper with pen and ink; we write them on stone with a graving tool.

To express by forming letters and words on paper or stone; as, to write a deed; to write a bill of divorcement. The ten commandments were written with the finger of God on tables of stone. Exodus 31:18.

To engrave.

To impress durable. Write useful truths on the heart.

To compose or produce, as an author.

To copy; to transcribe.

To communicate by letter. I chose to write the thing I durst not speak to her I lovd .

To perform the act of forming characters, letters or figures, as representatives of sounds or ideas. Learn to write when young.

To be employed as a clerk or an amanuensis. A writes for B. D writes in one of the public offices.

To play the author; as, he thinks, he speaks, he writes, he sings.

To recite or relate in books. Josephus wrote of the wars of the Jews.

To send letters. He wrote for all the Jews concerning their freedom.

To call ones self; to be entitled; to use the style of. Those who began to write themselves men, but thought it no shame to learn.

To compose; to frame or combine ideas and express them in words. They can write up to the dignity and character of their authors.