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enwrite

enwrite verb: to write upon something; inscribe; imprint.

Verb

enwrite (third-person singular simple present enwrites, present participle enwriting, simple past enwrote, past participle enwritten)

  1. (transitive) To write upon something; inscribe; imprint.
    • It is the good fortune of those who lay foundations to so inwrite their names in the annals of the institutions that they found that the historian can neither overlook them nor ignore them.1905, Iowa State Education Association, Proceedings of the Annual Session
    • What wild heart histories seemed to lie enwritten / Upon those crystalline, celestial spheres!1863, Edgar Allan Poe, The Works of Edgar Allan Poe

Forms of enwrite

third-person singular presentenwrites
present participleenwriting
pastenwrote
past participleenwritten
alternative forminwrite

Origin of enwrite

From Middle English inwriten (“to inscribe”), from Old English *inwrītan (“to inscribe”), suggested by Old English inwrītere (“writer, secretary”) and Old English inwritting (“inscription”), equivalent to en- (“in”) + write.

Questions about enwrite

What does enwrite mean?
Enwrite means to write upon something; inscribe; imprint.
What part of speech is enwrite?
Enwrite is a verb.
What is the past tense of enwrite?
The past tense of enwrite is enwrote.

Words near enwrite in the dictionary

  1. enwreath
  2. enwreathe
  3. enwreathed
  4. enwreathes
  5. enwreathing
  6. enwrite
  7. enwrites
  8. enwriting
  9. enwritten
  10. enwrote
  11. enwrought

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