systematically collected and written down; " written laws"

set down in writing in any of various ways; " written evidence"

of Write

p. p. of Write, v.

Expressed in writing. Written laws, laws enacted and recorded; statutes, as contradistinguished from unwritten or common law.

Expressed in letters or words; reduced to writing.

But for that I should have written to you before. – The Whirlpool by George Gissing

Then he has written to you? – A Rock in the Baltic by Robert Barr

What if the boy had written to his sister? – Kenny by Leona Dalrymple

" Send for me, and I will come," he had written; and she had not sent. – The Imaginary Marriage by Henry St. John Cooper

When my heart has been written upon, then- only then- will what I say be of worth. – Letters of a Javanese Princess by Raden Adjeng Kartini Commentator: Louis Couperus

It is written under Malcolm's picture, too. – Two Little Knights of Kentucky by Annie Fellows Johnston

" I know where you are," the boy had written. – The Heart Of The Hills by John Fox, Jr.

I have written it! – Confessions of a Young Man by George Moore

I stepped towards her with a cry of joy; she retreated with terror written on her face. – The Red Cockade by Stanley J. Weyman

Shall I show you my letter when I have written it? – The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly by Charles James Lever

But first let us see what she has written here. – Hildegarde's Neighbors by Laura E. Richards

You have already written? – The Turnstile by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason

He had of course written to Mrs. Clarke asking if he could see her. – In the Wilderness by Robert Hichens

Some late- coming men have written about them. – Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest by J. Frank Dobie

The paper is then passed on, and the name of the person to whom it is sent is written. – What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Terry had not written. – Love of Brothers by Katharine Tynan

" When that dam lets go," he said, " there ain't goin' to be no written notice sent ahead. – Hoofbeats on the Turnpike by Mildred A. Wirt

He who has written for four years when he could have finished in thirty days? – The Orations of Lysias by Lysias

However, if either had known the name of the other this story would not have been written. – Dick in the Everglades by A. W. Dimock

But surely she would have written a letter to say so, and then our acquaintance is so short. – The Dead Lake and Other Tales by Paul Heyse