Definition of writ

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Writ (n.) That which is written; writing; scripture; -- applied especially to the Scriptures, or the books of the Old and New testaments; as, sacred writ..

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Penman :: Penman (n.) One who uses the pen; a writer; esp., one skilled in the use of the pen; a calligrapher; a writing master..
Inspired :: Inspired (a.) Communicated or given as by supernatural or divine inspiration; having divine authority; hence, sacred, holy; -- opposed to uninspired, profane, or secular; as, the inspired writings, that is, the Scriptures..
Lexiphanic :: Lexiphanic (a.) Using, or interlarded with, pretentious words; bombastic; as, a lexiphanic writer or speaker; lexiphanic writing..
Hierogrammatic :: Hierogrammatic (a.) Written in, or pertaining to, hierograms; expressive of sacred writing..
Magazining :: Magazining (n.) The act of editing, or writing for, a magazine..
Theme :: Theme (n.) A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text.
Abandon :: Abandon (v. t.) To relinquish all claim to; -- used when an insured person gives up to underwriters all claim to the property covered by a policy, which may remain after loss or damage by a peril insured against..
Cessor :: Cessor (v. i.) One who neglects, for two years, to perform the service by which he holds lands, so that he incurs the danger of the writ of cessavit. See Cessavit..
Underwrite :: Underwrite (v. t.) To write under something else; to subscribe.
Essay :: Essay (n.) A composition treating of any particular subject; -- usually shorter and less methodical than a formal, finished treatise; as, an essay on the life and writings of Homer; an essay on fossils, or on commerce..
Hagiographer :: Hagiographer (n.) One of the writers of the hagiographa; a writer of lives of the saints.
Nameless :: Nameless (a.) Not known or mentioned by name; anonymous; as, a nameless writer..
Blind :: Blind (a.) Unintelligible, or not easily intelligible; as, a blind passage in a book; illegible; as, blind writing..
Verify :: Verify (v. t.) To confirm or establish the authenticity of by examination or competent evidence; to authenciate; as, to verify a written statement; to verify an account, a pleading, or the like..
Hierogram :: Hierogram (n.) A form of sacred or hieratic writing.
Siren :: Siren (n.) One of three sea nymphs, -- or, according to some writers, of two, -- said to frequent an island near the coast of Italy, and to sing with such sweetness that they lured mariners to destruction..
Engrosser :: Engrosser (n.) One who copies a writing in large, fair characters..
Gag :: Gag (n.) A speech or phrase interpolated offhand by an actor on the stage in his part as written, usually consisting of some seasonable or local allusion..
Escheat :: Escheat (n.) A writ, now abolished, to recover escheats from the person in possession..
Temper :: Temper (n.) Constitution of body; temperament; in old writers, the mixture or relative proportion of the four humors, blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy..
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