Verb

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(writhe)

Verb

To twist, to wring (something).

To contort (a part of the body).

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*:Cicero (as I remember) had gotten a custome to wryth his nose, which signifieth a naturall scoffer.

To twist or contort the body; to be distorted.

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 1, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport

, title= Everton 0-2 Liverpool , passage=The game was engulfed in controversy when Rodwell appeared to win the ball cleanly in a midfield challenge with Suarez. The tackle drew an angry response from Liverpool's players- Lucas in particular as Suarez writhed in agony - but it was an obvious injustice when the England Under-21 midfielder was shown the red card.}} (Webster 1913)

Verb

(head)

(nonstandard) (write)

Verb

(lb) To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.

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(lb) To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).

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*:Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language; his clerks, however, understood him very well. If he had written a love letter, or a farce, or a ballade , or a story, no one, either clerks, or friends, or compositors, would have understood anything but a word here and a word there.

(lb) To send written information to.

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(lb) To show (information, etc) in written form.

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(lb) To be an author.

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To record (data) mechanically or electronically.

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To fill in, to complete using words.

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To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave.

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To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; often used reflexively.

*(John Milton) (1608-1674)

*:He who writes himself by his own inscription is like an ill painter, who, by writing on a shapeless picture which he hath drawn, is fain to tell passengers what shape it is, which else no man could imagine.