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ty. make reparation or reparations. I am sensible of the scandal I have given by my loose writings, and make what reparation I am able. Dryden.

To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to answer. O man, who art thou that repliest against God Rom. ix. 20.

To furnish in writing an account of a speech, the proceedings at a meeting, the particulars of an occurrence, etc., for publication.

A writing back; the answering of a letter. Loveday.

The act or process of retrenching; as, the retrenchment of words in a writing. The retrenchment of my expenses will convince you that Walpole.

f errors; to reëxamine; to review; to look over with care for correction; as, to revise a writing; to revise a translation.

The act of revising; reëxamination for correction; review; as, the revision of a book or writing, or of a proof sheet; a revision of statutes.

Writing rhythm; verse making. "The rhythming monk." Fuller.

both Japanese and Europeans, having for its object the changing of the Japanese method of writing by substituting Roman letters for Japanese characters.

A species of fictitious writing, originally composed in meter in the Romance dialects, and afterward in prose, such as the tales of the court of Arthur, and of Amadis of Gaul; hence, any fictitious and wonderful tale; a sort of novel, especially one which treats of surprising adventures usually befalling a hero or a he…

To make full, smooth, and flowing; as, to round periods in writing. Swift. To round in (Naut.) To haul up; usually, to haul the slack of (a rope) through its leading block, or to haul up (a tackle which hangs loose) by its fall. Totten. (b) To collect together (cattle) by riding around them, as on cattle ranches. [West…

Printing and writing papers of particular sizes. See under paper, n.

e or other machine, in distinction from the framework. -- Running hand, a style of rapid writing in which the letters are usually slanted and the words formed without lifting the pen; -- distinguished from round hand. -- Running part (Naut.), that part of a rope that is hauled upon, -- in distinction from the standin…

a writing, pass, or warrant of security, given to a person to enable him to travel with safety. Shak.

A defamatory speech or writing published to the injury of a person of dignity; -- usually abbreviated scan. mag.

Cursory writing on a loose sheet. [R.]

An instrument for writing in the dark, or without seeing. Maunder.

Unskillful or inelegant writing; that which is unskillfully or inelegantly written. The left will make such a scrawl, that it will not be legible. Arbuthnot. You bid me write no more than a scrawl to you. Gray.

Skillful in, or fond of, writing. [Obs.] Barrow.

To fill or cover with careless or worthless writing.