Wrote

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Write \Write\, v. t. [imp. {Wrote}; p. p. {Written}; Archaic
     imp. & p. p. {Writ}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Writing}.] [OE. writen,
     AS. wr[imac]tan; originally, to scratch, to score; akin to
     OS. wr[imac]tan to write, to tear, to wound, D. rijten to
     tear, to rend, G. reissen, OHG. r[imac]zan, Icel. r[imac]ta
     to write, Goth. writs a stroke, dash, letter. Cf. {Race}


     tribe, lineage.]
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     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.
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              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.
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     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.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wrote \Wrote\, v. i. [OE. wroten. See 1st {Root}.]
     To root with the snout. See 1st {Root}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wrote \Wrote\,
     imp. & archaic p. p. of {Write}.
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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 {write}