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.
have writ
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present perfectof write.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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Some federal courts have "writ clerks" who do nothing but go over prisoner petitions.
From Time Magazine Archive
Shirley Challoner, a blessing, would never have writ ten this book.
From Time Magazine Archive
I have writ an History of thy Experiment.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
I have weighed all your reasons, and everything that you and my other friends have writ me upon that subject; and have done it with the greatest inclination to follow your advice, and without prejudice.
From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 91, July 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
But she should never have writ what she did touching Father’s nose, and if it cost me two pence, that must I say.
From Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall by Emily Sarah Holt
