write

write
v
1. inscribe, Rare. scribe, pen, put pen to paper, commit to paper; jot down, dash off; scrawl, scribble, scrabble, scratch.
2. draft, draw up, write up or out; lucubrate.
3. author, compose, indite; poeticize, poetize, versify, rhyme, sing; pamphletize, pamphleteer.
4. correspond, communicate, epistolize, Inf. drop [s.o.] a line or note.
5. write down
a. record, register, note, make a note of; transcribe, list, catalogue.b. disparage, deprecate, derogate, detract, decry, belittle; injure, hurt, harm, damage, Sl. do [s.o.] dirty.
6. write off
a. cancel, annul, cross out, rule out, sponge out, blot or wipe out; erase, expunge, eradicate.b. disregard, think nothing of, forget about, lay by the wayside, Inf. shelve, Sl. put in the circular file, Sl. eighty-six.c.Law. amortize, pay off, pay up, settle, liquidate.

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