All 6 Uses of
writ
in
All's Well That Ends Well, by Shakespeare
- I'd give bay Curtal and his furniture, My mouth no more were broken than these boys', And writ as little beard.†
Scene 2.3 *writ = an order issued by a court or judicial officer
- I have writ my letters, casketed my treasure, Given order for our horses; and to-night, When I should take possession of the bride, End ere I do begin.†
Scene 2.5
- I have to-night despatch'd sixteen businesses, a month's length apiece; by an abstract of success: I have conge'd with the duke, done my adieu with his nearest; buried a wife, mourned for her; writ to my lady mother I am returning; entertained my convoy; and between these main parcels of despatch effected many nicer needs: the last was the greatest, but that I have not ended yet.†
Scene 4.3
- The duke knows him for no other but a poor officer of mine; and writ to me this other day to turn him out o' the band: I think I have his letter in my pocket.†
Scene 4.3
- Good Captain, will you give me a copy of the sonnet you writ to Diana in behalf of the Count Rousillon?†
Scene 4.3
- He that of greatest works is finisher Oft does them by the weakest minister: So holy writ in babes hath judgment shown, When judges have been babes.†
Scene 2.1 *
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