Seanan McGuire

I can go on for hours about how 'Doctor Who' is a portal fantasy writ across the stars, how the companions are falling down the rabbit hole over and over again forever, tumbling head over heels into mystery. Hours.

American Author

James Otis

Every one with this writ may be a tyrant; if this commission be legal, a tyrant in a legal manner, also, may control, imprison, or murder any one within the realm.

American Lawyer

Simon Sebag Montefiore

Mugabe's resignation fascinates because the fall of tyrants is always a family story, decline of the father, writ large. What a strange creature he is.

British Historian

Aphra Behn

He that knew all that learning ever writ, Knew only this - that he knew nothing yet.

English Dramatist

John Denham

Nor ought a genius less than his that writ attempt translation.

British Politician

Stephen Covey

Public behavior is merely private character writ large.

American Educator

Swami Vivekananda

External nature is only internal nature writ large.

Indian Clergyman

Jacob K. Javits

I'm a politician. What I say is not holy writ.

American Politician

John Keats

Here lies one whose name was writ in water.

English Poet

Jeffrey Kluger

American Writer

Used to refer to a legal document from a court requiring action.

Legal Authority

A writ demands someone to do or refrain from doing something.

Mandatory Action

Usually issued by higher courts and related to legal cases.

Court-Specific

Refers to written works that are historically significant.

Historical Text

Can denote a document with cultural or religious significance.

Cultural Importance

In literature, indicates old or formal texts, not modern writing.

Literary Usage

 One of those small islands that was remote and impossible to get to was a site of Soviet biological weapons testing. You can walk there today. Weather patterns have changed. Nineteen of the unique 20 fish species found only in the Aral Sea are now wiped off the face of the Earth. This is an environmental disaster writ large.

Jonathan Foley: The...

 and impossible to get to as a site of Soviet biological weapons testing you can walk there today weather patterns that's changed 19 of the unique 2050 seas found only in the Aral Sea are now wiped off the face of the earth this is an environmental disaster writ large but let's bring it home this is a picture

The other inconvenient...

 believe that the stories like Tunisia and Egypt are rare for me it is far more important to capture ordinary stories of courage and these stories I believe through the mobile phones is going to be as I said ubiquitous are going to change the way Sri Lankans but writ large all

Bearing witness to the...

 from my sketchbook. You can see how it can explode to a subway station that spans three blocks. And you could see how going into the subway station is like a journey through the pages of a sketchbook, and you can see sort of a diary of work writ across a public space,

How we experience time...

 when they're not cabined in by statutes or constitutions, and a writ of habeus corpus is called the Great Writ, capital G, capital W, and it's meant to protect any of us who are detained against our will. A writ of habeus corpus is issued.

Chimps have feelings and...

 um which is very interesting and i think quite important for the way we're going yeah so i mean i say why study rome why study greece why study wars of the roses right this is it's history and it's history writ large i

Reimagining Dinosaurs PIPE...

 I've never had a relationship with the Republic of Ghana, writ large. My relationship is with Accra, where my mother lives, where I go each year, with the little garden in Dzorwulu where my father and I talk for hours.

Taiye Selasi: Don't ask...

 no matter how small. And most importantly, to forge human connections where they may not be apparent, empowering us all to see our work and the world writ large with a new set of eyes. Thank you.

A lesson on looking PIPE...

 But I'm talking about something bigger and more pervasive. I'm talking about all of us, white folks writ large. And maybe, especially, people sort of like me, self-described progressive,

The lie that invented...

 "Why do you call yourselves atheists?" "'Agnostic, '" retorted Aveling, "was simply 'atheist' writ respectable, and 'atheist' was simply 'agnostic' writ aggressive."