writ

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɹɪt/ Rhymes: -ɪt === Etymology 1 === From Middle English writ, from Old English writ and ġewrit (“writing”), from Proto-Germanic *writą (“fissure, writing”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrey-, *wrī- (“to scratch, carve, ingrave”). Cognate with Scots writ (“writ, writing, handwriting”), Icelandic rit (“writing, writ, literary work, publication”). ==== Noun ==== writ (countable and uncountable, plural writs) (countable, law) A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something. (countable, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK) A document ordering that an election be conducted. (countable, UK) An order issued by the House of Lords summoning peers to the Chamber. (uncountable) Authority, power to enforce compliance. (archaic) That which is written; writing. ===== Synonyms ===== claim form (English law) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia “writ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English writ, write, from Old English write. ==== Verb ==== writ(dated or dialectal) simple past of write For more quotations using this term, see Citations:writ. past participle of write up For more quotations using this term, see Citations:writ. ===== Usage notes ===== The form writ survives in standard dialects in the phrase writ large as well as in works aiming for an intentionally poetic or archaic style. It remains common in some dialects (e.g. Scouse). ===== Derived terms ===== underwrit writ large writ small === Anagrams === ITRW, Wirt == Gothic == === Romanization === writ romanization of 𐍅𐍂𐌹𐍄 == Old English == === Alternative forms === ġewrit === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *writą, whence also Old High German riz, Old Norse rit. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /writ/ Rhymes: -it === Noun === writ n (nominative plural writu) writ ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== ġewrit