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writ (rit)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

Archaic write: now mainly in the phrase writ large, expressed, shown, or done on a larger scale or in a clearer or more emphatic way
writ2 definition

writ (rit)

noun

  1. Now Rare something written; writing; document
  2. a formal legal document ordering or prohibiting some action

Etymology: ME < OE < writan: see write

writ Idioms

someone's writ runs

someone has power or authority of a specified kind or scope

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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