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handwrite

[ hand-rahyt ]
/ ˈhændˌraɪt /
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verb (used with object), hand·wrote or (Archaic) hand·writ; hand·writ·ten or (Archaic) hand·writ; hand·writ·ing.
to write (something) by hand.
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Origin of handwrite

First recorded in 1840–50; back formation from handwriting

Words nearby handwrite

handweaving, handwheel, handwork, handwoven, handwringing, handwrite, handwriting, handwriting on the wall, handwritten, handwrought, handy
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Words related to handwrite

endorse, engross, ink, inscribe, pen, sign, signature, subscribe

How to use handwrite in a sentence

  • He put together several EPs in four- or five-track groupings and used pencil to handwrite the track listing and credits.

    Gotye on His Viral Hit ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’|Marlow Stern|March 31, 2012|DAILY BEAST

  • You'll know him some of these days, I'll go bail, if you're going to Mr. Die; anyways you'll know his handwrite.

    Castle Richmond|Anthony Trollope

  • Oui, damn queek—a fellow with a letter from Philip; eet was sign hees name, hees handwrite, appoint heem overseer.

    Gordon Craig|Randall Parrish

  • Don't I copy 'em out plain for her, so as folks won't know her handwrite?

    A Sappho of Green Springs|Bret Harte
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