Definition of: write

(rīt) v. wrote (Archaic or Dial. writ), writ·ten (Archaic or Dial. writ), writ·ing v.t.
1. To trace or inscribe (letters, words, numbers, symbols, etc.) on a surface with pen or pencil, or by other means.
2. To describe in writing: to write one's impressions of a journey.
3. To communicate by letter: Be sure to write all the news; He writes that he will be home soon.
4. To communicate with by letter: He writes her every day.
5. To produce by writing; be the author or composer of.
6. To draw up; draft: to write one's will; to write a check.
7. To cover or fill with writing: to write two full pages.
8. To leave marks or evidence of: Anxiety is written on his face.
9. To spell or inscribe as specified: He writes his name with two n's.
10. To entitle or designate in writing: He writes himself “General.”
11. To underwrite: to write an insurance policy.
—v.i.
12. To trace or inscribe letters, etc., on a surface, as of paper.
13. To write a letter or letters; communicate in writing.
14. To be engaged in the occupation of a writer or author.
15. To produce a specified quality of writing. See synonyms under INSCRIBE.
—to write down
1. To put into writing.
2. To injure or depreciate in writing.
—to write in
1. To insert in writing, as in a document.
2. To cast (a vote) for one not listed on a ballot by inserting his name in writing.
—to write off
1. To cancel or remove (claims, debts, etc.) from an open account.
2. To acknowledge the loss or failure of.
—to write out
1. To put into writing.
2. To write in full or complete form.
—to write up
1. To describe fully in writing; put in written form: to write up a report.
2. To praise fully or too fully in writing.
3. In accounting, to put an unusually high value upon. ♦ Homophones: right, rite, wright. [OE wrītan]♦ Writ, the archaic or dialectal past participle of write, is now used chiefly in the phrase writ large, written or shown on a grand scale: a name writ large in history.