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cross write

cross write verb: 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.

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
alternative formcross-write

Questions about cross write

What does cross write mean?
Cross write means 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.
What part of speech is cross write?
Cross write is a verb.
What is the past tense of cross write?
The past tense of cross write is cross wrote.

Words near cross write in the dictionary

  1. cross vanna
  2. cross vault
  3. cross vaults
  4. cross volga
  5. cross wires
  6. cross write
  7. cross writing
  8. cross'd
  9. cross-
  10. cross-appeal
  11. cross-appealed

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