WRIT
\ɹˈɪt], \ɹˈɪt], \ɹ_ˈɪ_t]\
Definitions of WRIT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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That which is written; writing; scripture; - applied especially to the Scriptures, or the books of the Old and New testaments; as, sacred writ.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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imp. & p. p. of Write.
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That which is written; writing; scripture; - applied especially to the Scriptures, or the books of the Old and New testaments; as, sacred writ.
By Noah Webster.
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Anything written; a written document; an order of a court of justice: writ, scripture; as, Holy writ.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [From write] That which is written; writing;-especially the Scriptures; Bible;-an instrument in writing, under seal, issued from the proper authority, and direct to some public officer, or to some private person, commanding him to do something in relation to a suit, action, or other service, official, or personal;-a judicial summons by which one is cited to appear before a legal tribunal;-an order to elect in a certain town or district one or more members of parliament;-a legal instrument; a deed.
