Both Uses of
writ
in
The Merry Wives of Windsor
- I have writ me here a letter to her; and here another to Page's wife, who even now gave me good eyes too, examined my parts with most judicious oeillades; sometimes the beam of her view gilded my foot, sometimes my portly belly.†
Scene 1.3
- I warrant he hath a thousand of these letters, writ with blank space for different names, sure, more, and these are of the second edition.†
Scene 2.1 *
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