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typewrite

[ tahyp-rahyt ]

/ ˈtaɪpˌraɪt /

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verb (used with or without object), type·wrote, type·writ·ten, type·writ·ing.

to write by means of a typewriter; type.

Origin of typewrite

First recorded in 1885–90; back formation from typewriter

Words nearby typewrite

typescript, typeset, typesetter, typesetting, typestyle, typewrite, typewriter, typewriting, typey, typhlectasis, typhlectomy

Example sentences from the Web for typewrite

The pay is good, and girls who can typewrite are to be found by the thousand nowadays.'

A City Schoolgirl |May Baldwin
In the majority of instances it is unnecessary to typewrite.

Journalism for Women |E.A. Bennett
Hadnt Daddy taught her to typewrite when she was only eleven, and didnt even Tim think she was a pretty good typist?

Joan of the Journal |Helen Diehl Olds
I took it over to a young stenographer who promised to typewrite them for me as quickly as possible.

Dawson Black: Retail Merchant |Harold Whitehead

He accordingly set the phonograph at a slow pace, and I began to typewrite from the beginning of the seventh cylinder.

Dracula |Bram Stoker

British Dictionary definitions for typewrite

typewrite

/ (ˈtaɪpˌraɪt) /

verb -writes, -writing, -wrote or -written

to write by means of a typewriter; type