TeaCode Webster

1 a: to form (as characters or symbols) on a surface with an instrument (as a pen) b: to form (as words) by inscribing the characters or symbols of on a surface c: to spell in writing <words written alike but pronounced differently> d: to cover, fill, or fill in by writing <wrote ten pages> <~ a check> 2: to set down in writing: as a: draw up, draft <~ a will> b (1): to be the author of: compose <~s poems and essays> (2): to compose in musical form <~ a string quartet> c: to express in literary form <if I could ~ the beauty of your eyes --Shak.> d: to communicate by letter <~s that they are coming> e: to use or exhibit (a specific script, language, or literary form or style) in writing <~ Braille> <~s French with ease> f: to write contracts or orders for; esp: underwrite <~ life insurance> 3: to make a permanent impression of 4: to communicate with in writing <we'll ~ you when we get there> 5: ordain, fate <so be it, it is written --D. C. Peattie> 6: to make evident or obvious <guilt written on his face> 7: to force, effect, introduce, or remove by writing <~ oneself into fame and fortune --Charles Lee> 8: to take part in or bring about (something worth recording) 9 a: to introduce (information) into the storage device or medium of a computer b: to transfer (information) from the main memory of a computer to a storage or output device 10: sell <~ a stock option> ~ vi 1 a: to make significant characters or inscriptions; also: to permit or be adapted to writing b: to form or produce written letters, words, or sentences 2: to compose, communicate by, or send a letter 3 a: to produce a written work b: to compose music -- write one's own ticket : to select a course of action or position entirely according to one's wishes -- writ large : on a larger scale or in a more prominent manner <the problems of modern totalitarianism are only our own problems writ large --Times Lit. Supp.> -- writ small : on a smaller scale