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writ
used in Romeo and Juliet

7 uses

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Definition

law: an order issued by a court or judicial officer

or more rarely:

archaic term for written or wrote

I am sent to find those persons whose names are here writ,
1.2 — Act 1 Scene 2 — A Street (42% in)

writ = written

...and can never find what names the writing person hath here writ.
1.2 — Act 1 Scene 2 — A Street (43% in)

writ = written

  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;
1.3 — Act 1 Scene 3 — Room in Capulet's House (77% in)

writ = written

So many guests invite as here are writ.
4.2 — Act 4 Scene 2 — Hall in Capulet's House (6% in)

writ = written

Or, if his mind be writ, give me his letter.
5.2 — Act 5 Scene 2 — Friar Lawrence's Cell (19% in)

writ = written

—O, give me thy hand, One writ with me in sour misfortune's book!
5.3 — Act 5 Scene 3 — A churchyard; in it a Monument.... (27% in)

writ = written

  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.
5.3 — Act 5 Scene 3 — A churchyard; in it a Monument.... (81% in)

writ = wrote

There are no more uses of "writ" in Romeo and Juliet.

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