"copywrite" meaning in English

See copywrite in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: copywrites [present, singular, third-person], copywriting [participle, present], copywrote [past], copywritten [participle, past]
Etymology: Back-formation from copywriter. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|copywriter}} Back-formation from copywriter Head templates: {{en-verb|copywrites|copywriting|copywrote|copywritten}} copywrite (third-person singular simple present copywrites, present participle copywriting, simple past copywrote, past participle copywritten)
  1. (rare) To write the copy (or text) of an advertisement; to have a job as a copywriter. Tags: rare Translations (to write the text of an advertisement): գովազդ գրել (govazd grel) (Armenian), 寫文案 (Chinese Mandarin), 写文案 (xiě wén'àn) (Chinese Mandarin), copywriten (Dutch), tekstschrijven (Dutch), kirjoittaa (mainosteksti) (Finnish), rédiger (French), Anzeigen texten (German), redatar (Portuguese), писа́ть рекла́мный текст (pisátʹ reklámnyj tekst) (Russian), escribir texto publicitario (Spanish)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: copywrites [present, singular, third-person], copywriting [participle, present], copywrote [past], copywritten [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|copywrites|copywriting|copywrote|copywritten}} copywrite (third-person singular simple present copywrites, present participle copywriting, simple past copywrote, past participle copywritten)
  1. Misspelling of copyright. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: copyright
    Sense id: en-copywrite-en-verb-Hz~3gq4A
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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        "(rare) To write the copy (or text) of an advertisement; to have a job as a copywriter."
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