draw up Copy link Outline I. To move upwardsII. To write out1. scrībo, psi, ptum, 32. concĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (of legal documents)III. To arrange troops1. instruo, xi, ctum, 32. constĭtuo, ui, ūtum, 3 (to station troops)3. ordĭno, 1 (to arrange) • draw up: I. To move upwards: subdūco, 3: to d. up in baskets (from the bottom of a well), corbulis aliquid [sursum] s., Pl.: to d. up a portcullis, cataractam s., Liv.: to d. up ships (on the shore), naves s., Liv. Phr.: to d. up a curtain, velum allevare, Sen. II. To write out: 1. scrībo, psi, ptum, 3: to d. up a will, testamentum s., Cic.: to d. up decrees of the senate, senatus consulta s., Cic.: Hor. 2. concĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (of legal documents): to draw up a bail bond, vadimonium c., Cic. Phr.: to d. up a code of laws, leges componere, Liv.: to d. up conditions, conditiones conscribere, Liv.: registers d.n up in the Greek language, tabulae literis Graecis confectae, Caes. III. To arrange troops: 1. instruo, xi, ctum, 3: to d. up an army in battle array, exercitum ins., Liv.: to d. up an army in three lines, triplicem aciem instruere, Caes. 2. constĭtuo, ui, ūtum, 3 (to station troops): he drew up the legions in battle array before the camp, legiones pro castris acie constituit, Caes. 3. ordĭno, 1 (to arrange): to d. up an army for battle, aciem o., Just.