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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. [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. [1913 Webster] I chose to write the thing I durst not speak To her I loved. --Prior. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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 ]
Wrote \Wrote\, v. i. [OE. wroten. See 1st Root.] To root with the snout. See 1st Root. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Wrote \Wrote\, imp. & archaic p. p. of Write. [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 ]
Wrote \Wrote\, v. i. [OE. wroten. See 1st Root.] To root with the snout. See 1st Root. [Obs.] --Chaucer.From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Wrote \Wrote\, imp. & archaic p. p. of Write.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 ]
wrote See writeFrom English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
wrote vb. 1 (en-simple past of: write) 2 (lb en now colloquial and nonstandard) (past participle of en write nocat=1)From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
wrote vb. 1 (en-simple past of: write) 2 (lb en now colloquial and nonstandard) (past participle of en write nocat=1)From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
wrote vb. 1 (en-simple past of: write) 2 (lb en now colloquial and nonstandard) (past participle of en write nocat=1)From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
wrote vb. 1 (en-simple past of: write) 2 (lb en now colloquial and nonstandard) (past participle of en write nocat=1)From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
wrote Englanti vb. (en-v-taivm w rote imp=write)From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
wrote Engelska vb. (böjning en verb write)From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Wrote /ɹˈəʊt/ كتبFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
wrote /ɹˈəʊt/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]napsal
wrote /ɹˈəʊt/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]psal
write sth. /ɹˈaɪt ˌɛstˌiːˈeɪtʃ/ (wrote /ɹˈəʊt/ <>, written /ɹˈɪtən/ <>) etw. schreibenFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]"write sth. with chalk" - etw. mit Kreide schreiben see: writing, written, he/she writes, I/he/she wrote, we wrote, chalk sth., Write your name here., Put your name here., The day's lunch menu was chalked on a blackboard.
write /ɹˈaɪt/ (wrote /ɹˈəʊt/ <>, written /ɹˈɪtən/ <>)From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]schreiben "write to sb." - jdm. / an jdn. schreiben, sich schriftlich an jdn. wenden "write your fingers to the bone" - sich die Finger wundschreiben / wund schreiben see: It is written that …, written by
wrote /ɹˈəʊt/ napisaoFrom English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
wrote /ɹˈəʊt/ 1. (bak.) write.From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]/ˈɹoʊt/
v. 写;From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
vbl. write的过去式