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writ

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1. writ - Noun

2. writ - Verb

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3d pers. sing. pres. of Write, for writeth.

imp. & p. p. of Write.

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

An instrument in writing, under seal, in an epistolary form, issued from the proper authority, commanding the performance or nonperformance of some act by the person to whom it is directed; as, a writ of entry, of error, of execution, of injunction, of mandamus, of return, of summons, and the like.

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External nature is only internal nature writ large. Swami Vivekananda

Here lies one whose name was writ in water. John Keats

Accept a miracle, instead of wit See two dull lines, with Stanhope's pencil writ. Edward Young

Nor ought a genius less than his that writ attempt translation. John Denham

Trifles light as air Are to the jealous confirmations strong As proofs of holy writ. William Shakespeare

I would have walked on the waterBut I wasn't fully insured.And the BMA sent a writ my wayWith the very first leper I cured. Adrian Mitchell

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