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Writ Large Noun, Verbbre /Rɪt/Name /Rɪt/Noun Sth Sb)a Legal Document Court

Front writ
Back noun, verbBrE /rɪt/NAmE /rɪt/noun

~ (for sth) (against sb)a legal document from a court telling sb to do or not to do sthThe company has been served with a writ for breach of contract. We fully intend to issue a writ against the newspaper. see also Holy Writ

verb

(old use) past part. of writeˌwrit ˈlarge (literary)

1 easy to see or understandMistrust was writ large on her face.

2 (used after a noun) being a large or obvious example of the thing mentionedThis is deception writ large.

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