epistolize
\ ih-PIS-tl-ahyz \ , verb;
1.to write a letter.
2.to write a letter to.
Quotes:
…there are some who in lieu of letters write homilies; they preach when they should epistolize : there are others that turn them to tedious tractates: this is to make letters degenerate from their true nature.
-- James Howell, James Howell to Sir J.S., July 25, 1625, in The British Letter Writers , 1892
"I can't epistolize while you make those unearthly noises," Mrs Sixsmith complained.
-- Ronald Firbank, "Caprice ," 1917
Origin:
Epistolize derives from the Latin word epistola meaning "message" or "letter." It entered English in the mid-1600s.
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