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writ up

writ up is the simple past of write up.

writ up is the past participle of write up.

Meaning of write up

Verb

write up (third-person singular simple present writes up, present participle writing up, simple past wrote up or (archaic) writ up, past participle written up or (archaic) writ up or (obsolete) ywriten up)

  1. (transitive) To produce by writing.
    • The supervisor wrote up the personnel report about him.
  2. (transitive) To document officially the faults, offenses, or wrongdoing of.
    • Near-synonym: cite
    Synonyms:
    write down, cite
  3. (transitive) To write about positively; to praise in writing.
    • Near-synonym: talk up
    Synonyms:
    talk up
    Antonyms:
    write down
  4. (transitive) To make an upward adjustment in the value of an asset.
    • The company decided to write up its property assets after an independent appraisal showed their market value had increased significantly.
    Antonyms:
    write down, devalue
  5. (transitive) To annotate a stamp album page with details about the stamp, such as die used or colour variety.
    • She carefully wrote up each stamp in her collection, noting the Scott catalog number, perforation gauge, and printing plate variety.
  6. (transitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see write, up.
    • I can't write up in the attic; it's too cold there in the winter and too hot there in the summer.

Questions about writ up

What is writ up the simple past of?
Writ up is the simple past of write up.

Words near writ up in the dictionary

  1. writ of privilege
  2. writ of prohibition
  3. writ of right
  4. writ of summons
  5. writ small
  6. writ up
  7. writ-room
  8. writ-rooms
  9. writability
  10. writable
  11. writation

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