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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.
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     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.
        [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.
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     5. To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own
        written testimony; -- often used reflexively.
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              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.
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     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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Written \Writ"ten\,
     p. p. of Write, v.
     [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 ]


  Written \Writ"ten\,
     p. p. of Write, v.

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 WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  written
       adj 1: set down in writing in any of various ways; "written
              evidence" [ant: spoken]
       2: systematically collected and written down; "written laws"
          [ant: unwritten]
       3: written as for a film or play or broadcast [syn: scripted]
          [ant: unscripted]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  written
       See write

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


  written
     a.
     1 Of, relating, or characteristic of writing (i.e., of that which has
  been write).
     2 Having been written.
     vb.
     (inflection of en write  past part)

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


  written
     a.
     1 Of, relating, or characteristic of writing (i.e., of that which has
  been write).
     2 Having been written.
     vb.
     (inflection of en write  past part)

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


  written
     a.
     1 Of, relating, or characteristic of writing (i.e., of that which has
  been write).
     2 Having been written.
     vb.
     (inflection of en write  past part)

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


  written
     a.
     1 Of, relating, or characteristic of writing (i.e., of that which has
  been write).
     2 Having been written.
     vb.
     (inflection of en write  past part)

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


  written
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm w ritten pperf=write)

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


  written
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en write ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb write)

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


  written /ɹˈɪtən/
  skriftelik

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


  Written /ɹˈɪtən/
  كتب

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


  written //ˈɹɪ.tən// /[ɹɪɾn̩]/ /[ɹɪʔn̩]/ /[ɹɪʔt̚n̩]/ 
  напи́сан, пи́смен
  of, relating or characteristic of writing

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  written /ɹˈɪtən/ 
  napsaný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  written /ɹˈɪtən/ 
  psaný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  written /ɹˈɪtən/ 
  spisovný

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]


  written /ɹˈɪtən/ 
  ysgrifenedig

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]


  written /ɹˈɪtən/ 
  ysgrifenedig

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  written /ɹˈɪtən/
  aufgeschrieben
     Synonym: written out
  
   see: write sth., write out sth. for sb., writing, writing out, write sb. a recipe