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Definition of writ verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

writ

verb
 
/rɪt/
 
/rɪt/
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  1. past participle of write
    Word Originnoun Old English, as a general term denoting written matter, from the Germanic base of write.
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writ large (literary)
  1. easy to see or understand
    • Mistrust was writ large on her face.
  2. (used after a noun) being a large or obvious example of the thing mentioned
    • This is deception writ large.
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