Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To write by hand.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To write with one's own hand.
  • To perform the act of writing; write.

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  • verb To write something manually, normally used to emphasise that it is not being typed.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb write by hand

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Back-formation from handwritten.]

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hand +‎ write

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Examples

  • I was able to eventually master the artistic demands of cursive writing, and managed to handwrite in a rather exemplary style until medical school, where the demands of rapid and comprehensive note-taking overwhelmed my delicate graphic training and led to the rapid deterioration of my handwriting towards the unreadable.

    Yolanda Reid Chassiakos: Zaner Bloser, We Hardly Knew Ye Yolanda Reid Chassiakos 2011

  • The Shanghai Language Commission conducted a survey among university students, which found that while many know what the characters should look like, they are unable to handwrite them.

    Web Translations » Blog Archive » Are Chinese people forgetting how to write? 2010

  • "Before, I had to go through monthly credit-card statements and handwrite it, and it seemed like an old-school style process," Ms. Wellons says.

    Need to Bank? Phone It In. Javier Espinoza 2011

  • I was able to eventually master the artistic demands of cursive writing, and managed to handwrite in a rather exemplary style until medical school, where the demands of rapid and comprehensive note-taking overwhelmed my delicate graphic training and led to the rapid deterioration of my handwriting towards the unreadable.

    Yolanda Reid Chassiakos: Zaner Bloser, We Hardly Knew Ye Yolanda Reid Chassiakos 2011

  • I could handwrite on its screen surprisingly quickly using a stripped-down alphabet named Graffiti.

    World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011

  • Let me handwrite the lyrics, but you've got to give me some really good letterhead with a picture of the resort on it and Patrick and Jennifer.

    Mike Ragogna: Beyond Dirty Dancing & Semisonic: Conversations with Dan Wilson and Franke Previte Mike Ragogna 2010

  • I could handwrite on its screen surprisingly quickly using a stripped-down alphabet named Graffiti.

    World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011

  • I handwrite or type them, and cross things off so I have a sense I've done it.

    In My Home Office: Maira Kalman 2011

  • Let me handwrite the lyrics, but you've got to give me some really good letterhead with a picture of the resort on it and Patrick and Jennifer.

    Mike Ragogna: Beyond Dirty Dancing & Semisonic: Conversations with Dan Wilson and Franke Previte Mike Ragogna 2010

  • The camcorder “solution” is like requiring someone to handwrite the quote she wants to use from a book, go outside and take a picture of the book, then bring the picture back into the house and hook it up and retype the quote — from the book that is sitting next to her computer.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009

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