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[v] record data on a computer; "boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk"
[v] communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every week"
[v] communicate (with) in writing; "Write her soon, please!"
[v] communicate by letter; "He wrote that he would be coming soon"
[v] mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"
[v] produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"
[v] write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word); "He spelled the word wrong in this letter"
[v] write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies"
[v] have (one's written work) issued for publication; "How many books did Georges Simenon write?"; "She published 25 books during her long career"

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compose, indite, pen

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