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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  write
       
          1.  Unix's simple talk command and protocol.
          write has been largely superseded by talk and then irc.
       
          An enhancement, RWP, has been proposed.
       
          2.  A simple text editor for Windows.
       
          (1998-04-28)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.]
     [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.
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              I chose to write the thing I durst not speak
              To her I loved.                       --Prior.
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     3. Hence, to compose or produce, as an author.
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              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.
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     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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Write \Write\, v. i.
     1. To form characters, letters, or figures, as representative
        of sounds or ideas; to express words and sentences by
        written signs. --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              So it stead you, I will write,
              Please you command.                   --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To be regularly employed or occupied in writing, copying,
        or accounting; to act as clerk or amanuensis; as, he
        writes in one of the public offices.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To frame or combine ideas, and express them in written
        words; to play the author; to recite or relate in books;
        to compose.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              They can write up to the dignity and character of
              the authors.                          --Felton.
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     4. To compose or send letters.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He wrote for all the Jews that went out of his realm
              up into Jewry concerning their freedom. --1 Esdras
                                                    iv. 49.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Write \Write\, v. i.
     1. To form characters, letters, or figures, as representative
        of sounds or ideas; to express words and sentences by
        written signs. --Chaucer.
  
              So it stead you, I will write, Please you command.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     2. To be regularly employed or occupied in writing, copying,
        or accounting; to act as clerk or amanuensis; as, he
        writes in one of the public offices.
  
     3. To frame or combine ideas, and express them in written
        words; to play the author; to recite or relate in books;
        to compose.
  
              They can write up to the dignity and character of
              the authors.                          --Felton.
  
     4. To compose or send letters.
  
              He wrote for all the Jews that went out of his realm
              up into Jewry concerning their freedom. --1 Esdras
                                                    iv. 49.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  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]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  write
     Αγγλικά vb.
     1 γράφω
     2 γράφω (καθ´ υπαγόρευση), σημειώνω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  write
     n.
     The act or style of writing.
     vb.
     1 (lb en ambitransitive) To form letters, words or symbols on a
  surface in order to communicate.
     2 (lb en transitive) To be the author of (a book, article, poem,
  etc.).
     3 (lb en transitive) To send written information to.
     4 (lb en transitive) To show (information, etc) in written form.
     5 (lb en ditransitive with relative clause) To convey a fact to
  someone via writing.
     West Frisian vb.
     1 to rip, to tear
     2 to be painful, to sting

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  write
     n.
     The act or style of writing.
     vb.
     1 (lb en ambitransitive) To form letters, words or symbols on a
  surface in order to communicate.
     2 (lb en transitive) To be the author of (a book, article, poem,
  etc.).
     3 (lb en transitive) To send written information to.
     4 (lb en transitive) To show (information, etc) in written form.
     5 (lb en ditransitive with relative clause) To convey a fact to
  someone via writing.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  write
     n.
     The act or style of writing.
     vb.
     1 (lb en ambitransitive) To form letters, words or symbols on a
  surface in order to communicate.
     2 (lb en transitive) To be the author of (a book, article, poem,
  etc.).
     3 (lb en transitive) To send written information to.
     4 (lb en transitive) To show (information, etc) in written form.
     5 (lb en ditransitive with relative clause) To convey a fact to
  someone via writing.
     West Frisian vb.
     1 to rip, to tear
     2 to be painful, to sting

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  write
     n.
     The act or style of writing.
     vb.
     1 (lb en ambitransitive) To form letters, words or symbols on a
  surface in order to communicate.
     2 (lb en transitive) To be the author of (a book, article, poem,
  etc.).
     3 (lb en transitive) To send written information to.
     4 (lb en transitive) To show (information, etc) in written form.
     5 (lb en ditransitive with relative clause) To convey a fact to
  someone via writing.
     West Frisian vb.
     1 to rip, to tear
     2 to be painful, to sting

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  write
     Englanti vb.
     kirjoittaa

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  write
     Engelska vb.
     1 (tagg kat=oregelbundna verb språk=en) skriva
     2 uttrycka genom att skriva
     3 kommunicera genom att skriva
     4 kommunicera via brev
     5 ''(data)'' spara data

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  write /ɹˈaɪt/
  skryf

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  write /ɹˈaɪt/
  afskryf

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Write /ɹˈaɪt/
  اكتب

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  write //ɹaɪt// 
  1. записвам
  record (data)
  2. съчинявам, пиша
  to be the author of
  3. пиша 2.
  to form letters, etc.
   3.
  to send a letter to
   4.
  to be an author