All 5 Uses of
writ
in
Henry VIII
- Let there be letters writ to every shire, Of the King's grace and pardon.†
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- The letter, as I live, with all the business I writ to 's Holiness.†
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- Yes, that goodness Of gleaning all the land's wealth into one, Into your own hands, Cardinal, by extortion; The goodness of your intercepted packets You writ to the Pope against the King.†
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- Then, that in all you writ to Rome, or else To foreign princes, "Ego et Rex meus" Was still inscrib'd; in which you brought the King To be your servant.†
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- Lord Cardinal, the King's further pleasure is, Because all those things you have done of late By your power legatine within this kingdom, Fall into the compass of a praemunire, That therefore such a writ be sued against you; To forfeit all your goods, lands, tenements, Chattels, and whatsoever, and to be Out of the King's protection.†
Scene 3.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(writ as in: writ from the court) an order issued by a court or judicial officer
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(2)
(writ as in: writ large) written large an idiom meaning made obvious (as though written in large print)
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(3)
(writ as in: holy writ) an unquestionable truth; or a sacred writing -- especially the Bible
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(4)
(writ as in: writ in her own hand) archaic way of saying written or wrote