(v. t.) To set down, as legible characters; to form the
conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable
instrument; as, to write the characters called letters; to write
figures.
(v. t.) To set down for reading; to express in legible or
intelligible characters; to inscribe; as, to write a deed; to write a
bill of divorcement; hence, specifically, to set down in an epistle; to
communicate by letter.
(v. t.) Hence, to compose or produce, as an author.
(v. t.) To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave; as, truth
written on the heart.
(v. t.) To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's
own written testimony; -- often used reflexively.
(v. i.) To form characters, letters, or figures, as
representative of sounds or ideas; to express words and sentences by
written signs.
(v. i.) To be regularly employed or occupied in writing, copying,
or accounting; to act as clerk or amanuensis; as, he writes in one of
the public offices.
(v. i.) To frame or combine ideas, and express them in written
words; to play the author; to recite or relate in books; to compose.
(v. i.) To compose or send letters.
