[f. prec. sb.]
† 1. trans. To write as a preface or introduction. Obs. rare–1.
1672. Milton, Samson, Pref. In behalf of this tragedy … thus much beforehand may be epistled.
2. † a. To write a letter to (a person). b. To write (something) in a letter. rare–1.
1741. Mrs. Foley, in Mrs. Delany’s Corr. (1861), II. 164. If your fair sister don’t epistle me this post.
1852. Meanderings of Mem., I. 35. ’Tis noted down—Epistled to the Duke.
