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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.] [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.0.48 [gcide]: Write \Write\, v. i. 1. To form characters, letters, or figures, as representative of sounds or ideas; to express words and sentences by written signs. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] So it stead you, I will write, Please you command. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. 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. [1913 Webster] 3. To frame or combine ideas, and express them in written words; to play the author; to recite or relate in books; to compose. [1913 Webster] They can write up to the dignity and character of the authors. --Felton. [1913 Webster] 4. To compose or send letters. [1913 Webster] He wrote for all the Jews that went out of his realm up into Jewry concerning their freedom. --1 Esdras iv. 49. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: write v 1: produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels" [syn: {write}, {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}, {write}] 4: communicate (with) in writing; "Write her soon, please!" [syn: {write}, {drop a line}] 5: communicate by letter; "He wrote that he would be coming soon" 6: write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies" [syn: {compose}, {write}] 7: mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"; "Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet" 8: record data on a computer; "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk" [syn: {write}, {save}] 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}, {write}] 10: create code, write a computer program; "She writes code faster than anybody else"