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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He "knew exactly how7 my mind was working from to day," Churchill has writ ten.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
The past has writ a story strange Upon my aching heart, But time has wrought a subtle change, My wounds have ceased to smart.
From The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar by William Dean Howells
I desire therefore, according to the inclosed Direction, you would send your Correspondent who has writ to you on that Subject to my House.
From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Joseph Addison
Q, who thinks hisself a bigger man than Gineral Rosecrans," Groundhog explained, "has writ a letter to a gal away off somewhere up North.
From Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign by John McElroy
