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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Eros :: Eros (n.) Love; the god of love; -- by earlier writers represented as one of the first and creative gods, by later writers as the son of Aphrodite, equivalent to the Latin god Cupid..
Autobiographer :: Autobiographer (n.) One who writers his own life or biography.
Blank :: Blank (n.) Any void space; a void space on paper, or in any written instrument; an interval void of consciousness, action, result, etc; a void..
Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) Hence, by extension, an addition or amandment to a written composition; a touch; as, to give some finishing strokes to an essay..
Archaeology :: Archaeology (n.) The science or study of antiquities, esp. prehistoric antiquities, such as the remains of buildings or monuments of an early epoch, inscriptions, implements, and other relics, written manuscripts, etc..
Decipherable :: Decipherable (a.) Capable of being deciphered; as, old writings not decipherable..
Proxy :: Proxy (n.) The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts.
Composition :: Composition (n.) The act of writing for practice in a language, as English, Latin, German, etc..
Praecipe :: Praecipe (n.) A paper containing the particulars of a writ, lodged in the office out of which the writ is to be issued..
Magazinist :: Magazinist (n.) One who edits or writes for a magazine.
Quote :: Quote (v. t.) To set down, as in writing..
Superscription :: Superscription (n.) That which is written or engraved on the surface, outside, or above something else; specifically, an address on a letter, envelope, or the like..
Royal :: Royal (n.) Printing and writing papers of particular sizes. See under paper, n..
Scribatious :: Scribatious (a.) Skillful in, or fond of, writing..
Rethor :: Rethor (n.) A rhetorician; a careful writer.
Protestant :: Protestant (a.) Of or pertaining to the faith and practice of those Christians who reject the authority of the Roman Catholic Church; as, Protestant writers..
Prose :: Prose (n.) The ordinary language of men in speaking or writing; language not cast in poetical measure or rhythm; -- contradistinguished from verse, or metrical composition..
Historiographer :: Historiographer (n.) An historian; a writer of history; especially, one appointed or designated to write a history; also, a title bestowed by some governments upon historians of distinction..
Sheet :: Sheet (v. t.) A broad piece of paper, whether folded or unfolded, whether blank or written or printed upon; hence, a letter; a newspaper, etc..
Scholy :: Scholy (v. i. & t.) To write scholia; to annotate.
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