What is "wrote"

Write \Write\, v. t. [imp. Wrote; p. p. Written; Archaic imp. & p. p. Writ; p. pr. & vb. n. Writing.] [OE. writen, AS. wr[=i]tan; originally, to scratch, to score; akin to OS. wr[=i]tan to write, to tear, to wound, D. rijten to tear, to rend, G. reissen, OHG. r[=i]zan, Icel. r[=i]ta to write, Goth. writs a stroke, dash, letter. Cf. Race tribe, lineage.]

1. 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.

2. 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.

   Last night she enjoined me to write some lines to one she loves.
   --Shak.

   I chose to write the thing I durst not speak To her I loved.
   --Prior.

3. Hence, to compose or produce, as an author.

   I purpose to write the history of England from the accession of King James the Second down to a time within the memory of men still living.
   --Macaulay.

4. To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave; as, truth written on the heart.

5. To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; -- often used reflexively.

   He who writes himself by his own inscription is like an ill painter, who, by writing on a shapeless picture which he hath drawn, is fain to tell passengers what shape it is, which else no man could imagine.
   --Milton.

   To write to, to communicate by a written document to.

   Written laws, laws deriving their force from express legislative enactment, as contradistinguished from unwritten, or common, law. See the Note under Law, and Common law, under Common, a.

Wrote \Wrote\, v. i. [OE. wroten. See 1st Root.] To root with the snout. See 1st Root. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.

Wrote \Wrote\, imp. & archaic p. p. of Write.

vb. (en-simple past of: write)

1. v. produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels" [syn: compose, pen, indite]

2. communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week"

3. have (one's written work) issued for publication; "How many books did Georges Simenon write?"; "She published 25 books during her long career" [syn: publish]

4. communicate (with) in writing; "Write her soon, please!" [syn: drop a line]

5. communicate by letter; "He wrote that he would be coming soon"

6. write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies" [syn: compose]

7. mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"

8. record data on a computer; "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk"

9. write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word); "He spelled the word wrong in this letter" [syn: spell]

10. [also: wrote, written]

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