handwrite

[hand-rahyt]

verb (used with object)

handwrote , handwrit, handwritten , handwrit, handwriting .

1. to write (something) by hand.

Word History and Origins

Origin of handwrite¹

First recorded in 1840–50; back formation from handwriting

Example Sentences

Sitting in her living room, it is impossible to miss a white wall adorned in black handwriting.

From BBC

“My dad’s handwriting was terrible. He looked like he should have been a doctor. You can hardly read anything he wrote. My mother had perfect penmanship,” she continued.

From Salon

There was another troubling detail: Martinez had cashed a $109 check he said Baker had given him, but a handwriting expert determined that Baker’s signature was forged.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s a numbers game, meticulously filling notebooks in handwriting Silverman describes as “tiny letters all perfectly the same size,” then revisiting and sharpening material until the joke emerges, like a vision.

From Los Angeles Times

They discovered that the handwriting and dimensions were consistent with those of the six previously known 1300 originals.

From BBC