bewrite
bewrite · bewrites · bewrote · bewritten · bewriting
To write about; describeTo write about; describe.
Meaning
3 senses(transitive)To write about; describe.
(transitive)To write to.
(transitive)To write; write from; copy.
Origin
From Middle English bewriten, from Old English bewrītan (“to write, record, copy”), from PFrom Middle English bewriten, from Old English bewrītan (“to write, record, copy”), from Proto-West Germanic *biwrītan (“to write down; write about”), equivalent to be- (“about, over”) + write. Cognate with Old Frisian biwrīta (“to write down”), Middle Low German bewriten (“to engrave; to pronounce a blessing”), German bereiẞen (“to scale something by hand, carry out manually”). Compare also Dutch beschrijven (“to describe”), German beschreiben (“to describe”), Swedish beskriva (“to describe”).
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Forms
bewrites, bewriting, bewrote, bewrittenWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle