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The art or practice of writing epistles.

A brief writing formed as if to be inscribed on a monument, as that concerning Alexander: "Sufficit huic tumulus, cui non sufficeret orbis."

To make an epitome of; to shorten or abridge, as a writing or discourse; to reduce within a smaller space; as, to epitomize the works of Justin.

e who, or that which, erases; esp., a sharp instrument or a piece of rubber used to erase writings, drawings, etc.

An error or mistake in writing or printing. A single erratum may knock out the brains of a whole passage. Cowper.

d; irregularity; mistake; inaccuracy; something made wrong or left wrong; as, an error in writing or in printing; a clerical error.

A writing. [Obs.]

A piece of furniture used as a writing table, commonly with drawers, pigeonholes, and the like; a secretary or writing desk.

horter and less methodical than a formal, finished treatise; as, an essay on the life and writings of Homer; an essay on fossils, or on commerce.

tablished The people's magistrates. Shak. Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed. Dan. vi. 8.

A true copy, duplicate, or extract of an original writing or record, esp. of amercements or penalties set down in the rolls of court to be levied by the bailiff, or other officer. Cowell. Estreat of a recognizance, the extracting or taking out a forfeited recognizance from among the other records of the court, for the…

To speak or write in commendation of (another); to extol in speech or writing; to praise.

A speech or writing in commendation of the character or services of a person; as, a fitting eulogy to worth. Eulogies turn into elegies. Spenser.

Act of plowing; also, act of writing. [Obs.] Bailey.

mself from being the author of the heroic epistle. Mason. I exculpate him further for his writing against me. Milman.

A copy of a book or writing. [Obs.] Udall.

An exemplar; also, a copy of a book or writing. [Obs.] Donne.

The public lectures or published writings of Aristotle. See Esoterics.

To enlarge in discourse or writing; to be copious in argument or discussion; to descant. He expatiated on the inconveniences of trade. Addison.

Still existing; not destroyed or lost; outstanding. Writings that were extant at that time. Sir M. Hale. The extant portraits of this great man. I. Taylor.