All 7 Uses of
writ
in
Romeo and Juliet
- I am sent to find those persons whose names are here writ,
Scene 1.2 *writ = written
- ...and can never find what names the writing person hath here writ.
Scene 1.2
- This night you shall behold him at our feast;
Read o'er the volume of young Paris' face,
And find delight writ there with beauty's pen;
Scene 1.3
- So many guests invite as here are writ.
Scene 4.2
- Or, if his mind be writ, give me his letter.
Scene 5.2
- —O, give me thy hand, One writ with me in sour misfortune's book!
Scene 5.3
- Then gave I her, so tutored by my art,
A sleeping potion; which so took effect
As I intended, for it wrought on her
The form of death: meantime I writ to Romeo
That he should hither come as this dire night,
To help to take her from her borrow'd grave,
Being the time the potion's force should cease.
Scene 5.3writ = wrote
Definition:
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(writ) law: an order issued by a court or judicial officer
or more rarely:
archaic term for written or wrote