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h be courtesy of idiom rather than in strict propriety of language. Coleridge. Every good writer has much idiom. Landor. It is not by means of rules that such idioms as the following are made current: "I can make nothing of it." "He treats his subject home." Dryden. "It is that within us that makes for righteousness."…

neducated; want of learning, or knowledge; ignorance; specifically, inability to read and write; as, the illiteracy shown by the last census.

To require; to demand. [Obs.] We shall write to you, As time and our concernings shall importune. Shak.

of the verb which indicates, that is, which simply affirms or denies or inquires; as, he writes; he is not writing; has the mail arrived

To write; to compose; to dictate; to indite. [Obs.]

To compose; to write; to be author of; to dictate; to prompt. My heart is inditing a good matter. Ps. xlv. 1. Could a common grief have indited such expressions South. Hear how learned Greece her useful rules indites. Pope.

rest; selfishness. The selfishness of the small proprietor has been described by the best writers as individualism. Ed. Rev.

To write upon the back or outside of a paper or letter, as a direction, heading, memorandum, or address.

e inspiration of the Scriptures, and the supernatural origin of Christianity. The infidel writer is a great enemy to society. V. Knox.

ormerly used for holding ink; an inkstand; a portable case for writing materials. "With a writer's inkhorn by his side." Ezek. ix. 2. From his pocket the notary drew his papers and inkhorn. Longfellow.

To write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read; to imprint. Inscribe a verse on this relenting stone. Pope.

To write on a scroll; to record. [Written also inscrol.] Shak.

A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies men to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated. All Scripture is given by inspiration of…

atural influence; affected by divine inspiration; as, the inspired prophets; the inspired writers.

Pertaining to, or treating of, institutions; as, institutional legends. Institutional writers as Rousseau. J. S. Mill.

A writer or compiler of, or a commentator on, institutes. [R.] Harvey.

One who effects insurance; an insurer; an underwriter. [Obs.] Dryden. hose bold insurancers of deathless fame. Blair.

To underwrite; to make insurance; as, a company insures at three per cent.

insures; the person or company that contracts to indemnify losses for a premium; an underwriter.

In an intellective manner. [R.] "Not intellectivelly to write." Warner.