handwrite

[hand-rahyt]

verb (used with object)

handwrote , handwrit, handwritten , handwrit, handwriting .

1. to write (something) by hand.

Word History and Origins

Origin of handwrite¹

First recorded in 1840–50; back formation from handwriting

Example Sentences

The act of handwriting helps him commit things to memory.

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“You are smart and kind,” she wrote in pencil, the handwriting surrounded by crayon hearts.

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At the center of the Venn diagram of people who love technology and love to handwrite everything, there’s ReMarkable.

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Letter paper was scarce in Plinkst, but she had found a stack of yellowed sheets in the nursery that still bore the faded trace of Master Gogolev’s handwriting.

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“You must mean our collection of the letters of Agatha Swanburne. There are thousands of them, for she was a faithful correspondent. Luckily, her handwriting was superb.”

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