Write

rit, v. t. [imp. wrote (rot); p. p. writ (obs.) or written; writing.] To set down (legible characters) to; inscribe on any material oy a suitable instrument; to expre in legible or intelligible characters, inscribe; to set down in an epistle, communicate by letter; to compose or produce, as an author; to impre durably; to make known by writing, record, copy, transcribe, compose, recite.— v. i. To form characters, letters, or figures, as representatives of sounds or ideas; to be regularly employed or occupied in writing, copying, or accounting; to frame or combine ideas and expre them in words; to recite or relate in books, compose. — Writ'er, n. One who writes, or has written; a scribe; clerk; an author. —Writing, ra. Act or art of forming letters and characters on paper, wood, stone, or other material; anything written or expre ed in letters; as, a legal instrument, a pamphlet, book, inscription.— Writ'ing-mas'ter, n. One y who teaches the art of penmanship. — -pa'per, n. Paper finished with a smooth surface, sized, and fitted for writing upon. —Writ, wrtt, n. That which is written; writing, — applied esp. to the Scriptures; Bible. (Law.) An instrument in writing, under seal, in an epistolary form, i ued from the proper authority, commanding the performance or non-performance of some act Dy the person to whom it is directed.