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# writ

«writ» in Mova's school dictionary: **a formal written order from a court of law** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (writs); also old past form of write

### meaning for a pupil

1) A writ is a formal written order from a court of law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/writ/#m1)

2) (old use, in tales and rhymes) Writ means written, the old past form of write. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/writ/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in old rhymes, 'writ' means written upon something

### examples

- The court sent a writ to the farmer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/writ/#x1)
- "When they're writ upon your back," the rhyme says, meaning written there. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/writ/#x2)
- The words were writ large on the wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/writ/#x3)
- Nothing for maths. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/writ/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «writ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/writ/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.