handwrite

verb

hand·​write ˈhand-ˌrīt 

handwrote ˈhand-ˌrōt  ; handwritten ˈhand-ˌri-tᵊn  ; handwriting ˈhand-ˌrī-tiŋ 

transitive verb

: to write by hand

Examples of handwrite in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The leader of the $1 billion-a-year in revenue breakfast and lunch chain takes time each month to handwrite congratulations to cooks and dishwashers celebrating major milestones, like 10, 20, or even 30 years with the company. —Preston Fore, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025

Starting late Friday, airports in Berlin, Brussels and London were hit by disruptions to electronic systems that snarled up check-in and sent airline staffers trying options like handwriting boarding passes or using backup laptops. —Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025

Wolfe routinely spent hours handwriting Christmas cards with Montblanc fountain pens until 4 a.m. or 5 a.m. on Christmas morning, his daughter said. —Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 24 June 2025

Automation Hero uses a smart document processing platform with high-quality optical character recognition technology, especially handwriting text recognition. —Tor Constantino, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025

Word History

Etymology

back-formation from handwriting

First Known Use

1656, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for handwrite

• affright
• airtight
• albite
• alight
• alright
• aplite
• aright
• bainite
• birthright
• bobwhite
• bornite
• bullfight