enwrite

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verb

To write upon something; inscribe; imprint.

OriginMiddle English inwriten ← Old English *inwrītan →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person enwrites · participle present enwriting · past enwrote · participle past enwritten · alternative inwrite

  1. transitiveTo write upon something; inscribe; imprint.

    What wild heart histories seemed to lie enwritten / Upon those crystalline, celestial spheres!

    1863, Edgar Allan Poe, The Works of Edgar Allan Poe
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    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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
inscribe

Origin

  1. Old English*inwrītan“to inscribe”
  2. Middle Englishinwriten“to inscribe”
  3. Englishenwrite

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.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Weinertretwine
Cite this entry
APA

enwrite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enwrite

MLA

“enwrite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enwrite. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “enwrite,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enwrite.

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