(law) A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something. / Authority, power to enforce compliance. / (archaic) That which is written; writing.

(archaic) past tense of write / (archaic) past participle of write

(archaic) Inclined to much writing.

plural of writ

Obsolete form of writing.

plural of writting

The Bible. / The sacred writings of the Christian religion. / The sacred writings of any religion. / Unquestionable truth.

On a large scale; magnified. / Readily discerned, unmistakably indicated; clear, obvious.

(Canada, idiomatic) To call a federal or provincial election.

comparative form of writ large: more writ large