Indite

Indite
Indite In*dite" ([i^]n*d[imac]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Indited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inditing}.] [OE. enditen to indite, indict, OF. enditer to indicate, show, dictate, write, inform, and endicter to accuse; both fr. LL. indictare to show, to accuse, fr. L. indicere to proclaim, announce; pref. in- in + dicere to say. The word was influenced also by L. indicare to indicate, and by dictare to dictate. See {Diction}, and cf. {Indict}, {Indicate}, {Dictate}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To compose; to write; to be author of; to dictate; to prompt. [1913 Webster]

My heart is inditing a good matter. --Ps. xlv. 1. [1913 Webster]

Could a common grief have indited such expressions? --South. [1913 Webster]

Hear how learned Greece her useful rules indites. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

2. To invite or ask. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

She will indite him to some supper. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

3. To indict; to accuse; to censure. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • indite — [in dīt′] vt. indited, inditing [ME enditen < OFr enditer < LL * indictare: see INDICT] 1. Archaic to express or describe in prose or verse 2. to put in writing; compose and write 3. Obs. to dictate inditement n. inditer n …   English World dictionary

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  • indite — transitive verb (indited; inditing) Etymology: Middle English enditen, from Anglo French enditer to write, compose, from Vulgar Latin *indictare, frequentative of Latin indicere to make known formally, proclaim, from in + dicere to say more at… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • indite — inditement, n. inditer, n. /in duyt /, v.t., indited, inditing. 1. to compose or write, as a poem. 2. to treat in a literary composition. 3. Obs. to dictate. 4. Obs. to prescribe. [1325 75; ME enditen < OF enditer < VL *indictare, deriv. of L… …   Universalium

  • indite — 1. verb /ˌɪnˈdaɪt/ a) To physically make letters and words on a writing surface; to inscribe b) To write, especially a literary or artistic work …   Wiktionary

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