Write

·vi To compose or send letters.

II. Write ·vt Hence, to compose or produce, as an Author.

III. Write ·vt To impress durably; to Imprint; to Engrave; as, truth written on the heart.

IV. Write ·vt To make known by writing; to Record; to prove by one's own written testimony;

— often used reflexively.

V. Write ·vi To form characters, letters, or figures, as representative of sounds or ideas; to express words and sentences by written signs.

VI. Write ·vi To frame or combine ideas, and express them in written words; to play the author; to recite or relate in books; to Compose.

VII. Write ·vi 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.

VIII. Write ·vt 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.

IX. Write ·vt 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.