All 3 Uses of
writ
in
Twelfth Night
- 'Be not afraid of greatness':—'twas well writ.†
Scene 3.4 *
- Truly, madam, he holds Belzebub at the stave's end as well as a man in his case may do: he has here writ a letter to you; I should have given it you to-day morning, but as a madman's epistles are no gospels, so it skills not much when they are delivered.†
Scene 5.1
- Maria writ The letter, at Sir Toby's great importance; In recompense whereof he hath married her.†
Scene 5.1
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