Found 5 hits - Term: wrote, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
write \write\, v. t. imp. wrote; p. p. written; archaic
imp. p. p. writ; p. pr. vb. n. writing. oe. writen,
as. wrimactan; originally, to scratch, to score; akin to
os. wrimactan to write, to tear, to wound, d. rijten to
tear, to rend, g. reissen, ohg. rimaczan, icel. rimacta
to write, goth. writs a stroke, dash, letter. cf. race
tribe, lineage.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
last night she enjoined me to write some lines to
one she loves. --shak.
1913 webster
i chose to write the thing i durst not speak
to her i loved. --prior.
1913 webster
3. hence, to compose or produce, as an author.
1913 webster
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. --macaulay.
1913 webster
4. to impress durably; to imprint; to engrave; as, truth
written on the heart.
1913 webster
5. to make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own
written testimony; -- often used reflexively.
1913 webster
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. --milton.
1913 webster
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.
1913 webster
see also:
wrote written writ writing race to write to
written laws law common law common
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
wrote \wrote\, v. i. oe. wroten. see 1st root.
to root with the snout. see 1st root. obs. --chaucer.
1913 webster
see also:
root
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
wrote \wrote\,
imp. archaic p. p. of write.
1913 webster
see also:
write
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
write
v 1: produce a literary work; "she composed a poem"; "he wrote
four novels" syn: compose, pen, indite
2: communicate or express by writing; "please write to me every
week"
3: have one's written work issued for publication; "how many
books did georges simenon write?"; "she published 25 books
during her long career" syn: publish
4: communicate with in writing; "write her soon, please"
syn: drop a line
5: communicate by letter; "he wrote that he would be coming
soon"
6: write music; "beethoven composed nine symphonies" syn: compose
7: mark or trace on a surface; "the artist wrote chinese
characters on a big piece of white paper"
8: record data on a computer; "boot-up instructions are written
on the hard disk"
9: write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally
accepted form of a word or part of a word; "he spelled
the word wrong in this letter" syn: spell
also: wrote, written
see also:
compose pen indite publish drop a line spell
wrote written
- [5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
wrote
see write
see also:
write
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http://www.teriwroteit.com/, score=86, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 2:38 pm Straight Dope Staff Report: Who wrote the Bible? (Part 1)
...Scholars differ on when the various authors wrote and when the ... Who wrote the Bible? I hear the Catholics did some pretty heavy ... ..
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http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/columnists/dan_gillmor/8679986.htm, score=64, date indexed=December 21, 2005, 3:05 am Trapped in a Lyric They Never Wrote! - Songs with comics
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