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made | written |

As a proper noun made

is .

As an adjective written is

of, relating or characteristic of writing (ie, of that which has been written).

As a verb written is

.

made

English

(wikipedia made)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) mathe, from (etyl) . More at (l).

Alternative forms

* (l) * (l) (Scotland)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A maggot or grub.
    • Related terms
    * (l) * (l) * (l)/(l)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) made, makede, . More at (l).

    Verb

    (head)
  • (make)
    • Quotations
    * (English Citations of "made")
    Derived terms
    * have it made * home-made * made in the shade * made man * ready-made * self-made

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    written

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, relating or characteristic of writing (i.e., of that which has been written)
    • I can speak Japanese fairly well, but I have no understanding whatsoever of written Japanese.
  • That was written.

    • Derived terms

    * unwritten, writtenness, unwrittenness

    Quotations

    * * * * * * *

    Antonyms

    * oral * verbal

    Derived terms

    * hand-written

    Verb

    (head)
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author=(Henry Petroski)
    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= The Evolution of Eyeglasses , passage=The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone,

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    * English adjectives ending in -en