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 →

2) (old use, in tales and rhymes) Writ means written, the old past form of write. tree →

sense in the lessons

in old rhymes, 'writ' means written upon something

examples

• The court sent a writ to the farmer. tree →
• "When they're writ upon your back," the rhyme says, meaning written there. tree →
• The words were writ large on the wall. tree →
• Nothing for maths. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «writ» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.