typewrite

[ tahyp-rahyt ]

/ ˈtaɪpˌraɪt /

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verb (used with or without object), type·wrote, type·writ·ten, type·writ·ing.

to write by means of a typewriter; type.

Nearby words

typescript, typeset, typesetter, typesetting, typestyle, typewrite, typewriter, typewriting, typey, typhlectasis, typhlectomy

Origin of typewrite

First recorded in 1885–90; back formation from typewriter

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Examples from the Web for typewrite

The pay is good, and girls who can typewrite are to be found by the thousand nowadays.'
A City Schoolgirl|May Baldwin
In the majority of instances it is unnecessary to typewrite.
Journalism for Women|E.A. Bennett
Hadnt Daddy taught her to typewrite when she was only eleven, and didnt even Tim think she was a pretty good typist?
Joan of the Journal|Helen Diehl Olds
I took it over to a young stenographer who promised to typewrite them for me as quickly as possible.
Dawson Black: Retail Merchant|Harold Whitehead

He accordingly set the phonograph at a slow pace, and I began to typewrite from the beginning of the seventh cylinder.
Dracula|Bram Stoker

British Dictionary definitions for typewrite

typewrite

/ (ˈtaɪpˌraɪt) /

verb -writes, -writing, -wrote or -written

to write by means of a typewriter; type

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