Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To write or transcribe in a beautiful manner; produce or reproduce in the best style of the calligrapher's art: as, “a roll finely calligraphed and illuminated,”
- noun One skilled in the art of beautiful writing; a calligrapher.
- noun A transcriber of manuscripts.
- noun A specimen of beautiful penmanship.
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- verb To
write usingcalligraphy
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- verb write beautifully and ornamentally
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Examples
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East Asia Culture booths will feature calligraph, opera mask, traditional pops and entertainment--a drumming group from LA, celestial dances and music.
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A photographic calligraph, whose letters were so fine as to require a microscope to see them, was placed at a distance of three hundred feet.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 Various
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Then again, I'm not one to hand calligraph a hundred invitations to an event when I can just lay it out as a pdf and have it printed.
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