Write \Write\, v. t. [imp. {Wrote}; p. p. {Written}; Archaic imp. & p. p. {Writ}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Writing}.] [OE. writen, AS. wr[=i]tan; originally, to scratch, to score; akin to OS. wr[=i]tan to write, to tear, to wound, D. rijten to tear, to rend, G. reissen, OHG. r[=i]zan, Icel. r[=i]ta to write, Goth. writs a stroke, dash, letter. Cf. {Race} tribe, lineage.] 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. --Shak.
I chose to write the thing I durst not speak To her I loved. --Prior.
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. --Macaulay.
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. --Milton.
{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.
Written \Writ"ten\, p. p. of {Write}, v.
She is Gail Palmer-Slater, 35, of Port Huron, Mich., a business entrepreneur and former porn film producer who had written Thompson several weeks earlier saying she wanted to meet him.
"It's even more difficult to do it on a Europewide basis" because most readers prefer local news written in their language.
Webb countered by pulling out a written answer Reagan had given two years ago to a federal grand jury saying that no destruction of documents had been authorized by the president.
In a meeting with an outside lawyer, Mr. West "noted that the company has experienced a number of problems because of its high profile in the press," according to a memo written by the lawyer.
After spending a lifetime challenging the art world to reconsider all it has ever taken for granted, John Cage has written an opera.
The role of precedent is different in cases interpreting a written Constitution.
A voracious reader, he has written a dozen stylish books of political comment and reminiscences.
Here is a play about the coal face, written from the inside.
"Luckily, I had lots of written material ready," Allen said. "Since you never know what the intermission guests will say, I don't want to anticipate or contradict them.
For 'Voi che sapete' she had been given intricate 18th-century embellishments written by one Domenico Corri, a happy find.
Demoralized and split into bickering camps, the party is being written off as a contender in national politics.
Although values have declined as much as 30% in some markets, only a small portion of this decline has been either written down or covered by loan-loss reserves.
The ruling was written by Anthony Kennedy, who has since become a U.S. Supreme Court justice.
However, a clause in the 1980 constitution, written by Pinochet's administration, allows him to remain army commander until 1998.
The EEC high court said the Common Market states had not followed correct procedures when they enacted the ban, which was passed by a written procedure that required unanimity.
Leaders of the National Office for Black Catholics and the National Black Lay Caucus said Sunday they would study written comments collected at the conference before issuing a statement on the rite.
Any such agreement between the airlines and airport operators could be written into the congressional legislation reauthorizing the aviation trust fund.
Afternoons, he often typed what he'd written.
For a paper deal worth a mere Pounds 105m, ADT now claims to have written off as goodwill the sum of Dollars 278m.
He has written about her before, talked of her on the radio, and even regaled David Letterman's millions of viewers with his memories of her.
A mandatory comparison of the benefits under different pension schemes - and a clear written statement of the reasons why any transfer should be made - would be good places to start. Still, SIB is not acting alone.
Rockwood, which is still seeking a judgment in the case, hasn't written down the value of the assets on its books in the expectation it will recover the full amount in court.
The best are the new ones, written for him by Van Morrison.
Detective Thomas Capello said one of the worst days of his 11 years of police work came when a city resident handed him a fishing-tackle box containing the fake drugs, the ledger and a crudely written IOU.
Elizabeth Broun, chief curator and acting director of the museum, has written an exemplary catalog for the show, which runs until July 29, and then will reopen at the Brooklyn Museum Sept. 14.
Shire has written scores for more than 40 movies, including "The Conversation," "All the President's Men" and "Farewell, My Lovely."
A Palestinian journalist who spoke on condition of anonymity said a Red Cross worker showed him one of two letters written in English by George.
In a memo written by city Human Resources Administrator William Grinker and Sara L. Kellermann, the commissioner of the city's Department of Mental Health, the two argued that the plan was ill-advised.
She said the book of her early life was written for several reasons, including honoring the courage of her parents and recording a vanished way of life.
"A lot of people in New York overreacted to the stock-market crash," said Stephen K. McNees, a Federal Reserve Bank of Boston economist who has written extensively on economic forecasting.