- Put pen to paper - Use a pen - To set down, as legible characters; to form the
conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable
instrument; as, to write the characters called letters; to write
figures. - To set down for reading; to express in legible or
intelligible characters; to inscribe; as, to write a deed; to write a
bill of divorcement; hence, specifically, to set down in an epistle; to
communicate by letter. - Hence, to compose or produce, as an author. - To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave; as, truth
written on the heart. - To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's
own written testimony; -- often used reflexively.