All 7 Uses of
writ
in
Romeo and Juliet
- I am sent to find those persons whose names are here writ,
p. 26.6writ = written
- ...and can never find what names the writing person hath here writ.
p. 26.6
- 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;p. 38.0
- So many guests invite as here are writ.
p. 194.2
- 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 5.3 *writ = wrote
Definitions:
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(1)
(writ as in: writ from the court) an order issued by a court or judicial officer
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(2)
(writ as in: writ large) written large an idiom meaning made obvious (as though written in large print)
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(3)
(writ as in: holy writ) an unquestionable truth; or a sacred writing -- especially the Bible
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(4)
(writ as in: writ in her own hand) archaic way of saying written or wrote