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  1. transitive verb To form (letters, words, or symbols) on a surface such as paper with an instrument such as a pen.
  2. transitive verb To spell: How do you write your name?
  3. transitive verb To form (letters or words) in cursive style.
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writing ·  composition ·  writer ·  translation ·  read ·  poetry ·  interpretation ·  prose ·  narrative ·  novel ·  poem ·  style

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  1. Middle English writen, from Old English wrītan.

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  1. from Middle English writen (preterit wrot, wroot, wrat, plural writen, write, past participle writen, write—with short i), from Anglo-Saxon wrītan (preterit wrāt, plural writon, past participle writen), write, inscribe, orig. score, engrave, = Old Saxon wrītan, cut, injure, write, = OFries. wrīta = Dutch rijten, tear, split, = Low German riten = Old High German rīzan, cut, tear, split, draw, delineate, Middle High German rīzen, German reissen, tear, = Icelandic rīta, scratch, cut, write, = Swedish rita, draw, delineate, = Gothic (Moesogothic) *wreitan (in deriv. writs, a stroke or point made with a pen), write. Hence writ.
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