Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WRITE, v.i.

1. To perform the act of forming characters, letters, or figures, as representatives of sounds or ideas. Learn to write when young.
2. To be employed as a clerk or an amanuensis. A writes for B. D writes in one of the public offices.
3. To play the author; as, he thinks, he speaks, he writes, he sings.
4. To recite or relate in books. Josephus wrote of the wars of the Jews.
5. To send letters. He wrote for all the Jews concerning their freedom. – Esdras.
6. To call one's self; by be entitled; to use the style of. Those who began to write themselves men, but thought no shame to learn. – Fell.
7. To compose; to frame or combine ideas and express then in words. They can write up to the dignity and character of their authors. – Felton.