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in⋅dite

  [in-dahyt]
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–verb (used with object), -dit⋅ed, -dit⋅ing.
1. to compose or write, as a poem.
2. to treat in a literary composition.
3. Obsolete. to dictate.
4. Obsolete. to prescribe.
Origin:
1325–75; ME enditen < OF enditer < VL *indictāre, deriv. of L indīctus ptp. of indīcere to announce, proclaim. See in- 2 , dictum

Related forms:
in⋅dite⋅ment, noun
in⋅dit⋅er, noun
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in·dite   (ĭn-dīt')   
tr.v.   in·dit·ed, in·dit·ing, in·dites
  1. To write; compose.
  2. To set down in writing.
  3. Obsolete To dictate.

[Middle English enditen, from Old French enditer, from Vulgar Latin *indictāre : Latin in-, toward; see in-2 + Latin dictāre, to compose, to say habitually, frequentative of dīcere, to say; see deik- in Indo-European roots.]
in·dite'ment n., in·dit'er n.
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Indite

In*dite"\, 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.]

1. To compose; to write; to be author of; to dictate; to prompt.

My heart is inditing a good matter. --Ps. xlv. 1.

Could a common grief have indited such expressions? --South.

Hear how learned Greece her useful rules indites. --Pope.

2. To invite or ask. [Obs.]

She will indite him so supper. --Shak.

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

Indite

In*dite"\, v. i. To compose; to write, as a poem.

Wounded I sing, tormented I indite. --Herbert.
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