write
verb (used with object)
to trace or form (characters, letters, words, etc.) on the surface of some material, as with a pen, pencil, or other instrument or means; inscribe.
has writ
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present perfectof write (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Air-literary as well as air-minded, he has writ ten two volumes on engineering aspects of the industry, has also written many an article for aeronautical publications.
From Time Magazine Archive
He "knew exactly how7 my mind was working from to day," Churchill has writ ten.
From Time Magazine Archive
The “Isles of Greece” seem rather tawdry too; but on the “Address to the Ocean,” or on “The Dying Gladiator,” “time has writ no wrinkle.”
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
She has writ several copies of verses, published in the Edinburgh Magazines; and her face bears some resemblance to the picture of Milton.
From The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume II by Theophilus Cibber
Mebbe'tis, as th' pa-apers say, that Otis has writ himsilf out.
From Mr. Dooley's Philosophy by Finley Peter Dunne
