Word Meanings - WRITATIVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Inclined to much writing; -- correlative to talkative. Pope.
Related words: (words related to WRITATIVE)
- WRITING
1. The act or art of forming letters and characters on paper, wood, stone, or other material, for the purpose of recording the ideas which characters and words express, or of communicating them to others by visible signs. 2. Anything written or - WRITATIVE
Inclined to much writing; -- correlative to talkative. Pope. - CORRELATIVENESS
Quality of being correlative. - WRITER
1. One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk. They that handle the pen of the writer. Judg. v. 14. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Ps. xlv. 1. 2. One who is engaged in literary composition as a profession; an author; as, a writer - WRIT
3d pers. sing. pres. of Write, for writeth. Chaucer. - INCLINING
See 3 - WRITHLE
To wrinkle. Shak. - INCLINED
Making an angle with some line or plane; -- said of a line or plane. (more info) 1. Having a leaning or tendency towards, or away from, a thing; disposed or moved by wish, desire, or judgment; as, a man inclined to virtue. "Each pensively - WRITERSHIP
The office of a writer. - WRITHE
to OHG. ridan, Icel. ri, Sw. vrida, Dan. vride. Cf. Wreathe, Wrest, 1. To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring. "With writhing of a pin." Chaucer. Then Satan first knew pain, And writhed him to and - TALKATIVE
Given to much talking. Syn. -- Garrulous; loquacious. See Garrulous. -- Talk"a*tive*ly, adv. -- Talk"a*tive*ness, n. - INCLINATORY
Having the quality of leaning or inclining; as, the inclinatory needle. -- In*clin"a*to*ri*ly, adv. Sir T. Browne. - WRITTEN
p. p. of Write, v. - WRITE
to scratch, to score; akin to OS. writan to write, to tear, to wound, D. rijten to tear, to rend, G. reissen, OHG. rizan, Icel. rita to 1. To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material - WRITABILITY
Ability or capacity to write. Walpole. - INCLINATION
The angle made by two lines or planes; as, the inclination of the plane of the earth's equator to the plane of the ecliptic is about 23ยบ 28'; the inclination of two rays of light. 5. A leaning or tendency of the mind, feelings, preferences, or - INCLINNOMETER
An apparatus to determine the inclination of the earth's magnetic force to the plane of the horizon; -- called also inclination compass, and dip circle. - WRITHEN
Having a twisted distorted from. A writhen staff his step unstable guides. Fairfax. - INCLINABLENESS
The state or quality of being inclinable; inclination. - INCLINE
1. To cause to deviate from a line, position, or direction; to give a leaning, bend, or slope to; as, incline the column or post to the east; incline your head to the right. Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear. Is. xxxvii. 17. 2. To impart - REWRITE
To write again. Young. - TYPEWRITING
The act or art of using a typewriter; also, a print made with a typewriter. - PLAYWRITER
A writer of plays; a dramatist; a playwright. Lecky. - STORY-WRITER
1. One who writes short stories, as for magazines. 2. An historian; a chronicler. "Rathums, the story-writer." 1 Esdr. ii. 17. - UNDERWRITING
The business of an underwriter, - UNDERWRITER
One who underwrites his name to the conditions of an insurance policy, especially of a marine policy; an insurer. - UNWRITE
To cancel, as what is written; to erase. Milton. - HANDWRITING
1. The cast or form of writing peculiar to each hand or person; chirography. 2. That which is written by hand; manuscript. The handwriting on the wall, a doom pronounced; an omen of disaster. Dan. v. 5. - OUTWRITE
To exceed or excel in writing.