Index of English words, starting with "wr"

(1) - Writ (Archaic imp. & p. p.) of Write
(2) - Writ (n.) An instrument in writing, under seal, in an epistolary form, issued from the proper authority, commanding the performance or nonperformance of some act by the person to whom it is directed; as, a writ of entry, of error, of execution, of injunction, of mandamus, of return, of summons, and the like.
(3) - Writ (n.) That which is written; writing; scripture; -- applied especially to the Scriptures, or the books of the Old and New testaments; as, sacred writ.
(4) - Writ () imp. & p. p. of Write.
(5) - Writ (obs.) 3d pers. sing. pres. of Write, for writeth.

(1) - Writable (a.) Capable of, or suitable for, being written down.

(1) - Write (v. i.) To compose or send letters.
(2) - Write (v. i.) To frame or combine ideas, and express them in written words; to play the author; to recite or relate in books; to compose.
(3) - Write (v. i.) 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.
(4) - Write (v. i.) To form characters, letters, or figures, as representative of sounds or ideas; to express words and sentences by written signs.
(5) - Write (v. t.) To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; -- often used reflexively.
(6) - Write (v. t.) To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave; as, truth written on the heart.
(7) - Write (v. t.) Hence, to compose or produce, as an author.
(8) - Write (v. t.) 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.
(9) - Write (v. t.) 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.