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bewritten

adj

Etymology

From be- + written.

  1. derived from *wrey-✻ — “to rip, tear”
  2. inherited from *wrītaną✻ — “to carve, write”
  3. inherited from *wrītan✻
  4. inherited from wrītan
  5. inherited from writen
  6. suffixed as written — “write + en”
  7. prefixed as bewritten — “be + written”

Definitions

  1. Written about

    Written about; depicted; portrayed; described.

    • In the course of his career he has visited India, and now presents us with his recent but somewhat hasty notes on the people, plague, hunting, pagodas, mills, morals, and canals of that much bewritten land.

  2. past participle of bewrite.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA