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cross-write

cross-write is the alternative form of cross write.

Meaning of cross write

Verb

cross write (third-person singular simple present cross writes, present participle cross writing, simple past cross wrote, past participle cross written)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To write across a page, and then turn the paper ninety degrees and overwrite, done in order to lessen the cost of sending a letter when postage costs were based on weight.

Forms of cross-write

third-person singular presentcross-writes
present participlecross-writing
pastcross-wrote
past participlecross-written

Questions about cross-write

What is cross-write the alternative form of?
Cross-write is the alternative form of cross write.

Words near cross-write in the dictionary

  1. cross-wires
  2. cross-wiring
  3. cross-wise
  4. Cross-worshipper
  5. Cross-worshippers
  6. cross-write
  7. cross-writing
  8. cross-writings
  9. crossabilities
  10. crossability
  11. crossable

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cross-write (page history and authors); cross write (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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