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indite

[in-dahyt]

verb (used with object), in·dit·ed, in·dit·ing.

to compose or write, as a poem.

to treat in a literary composition.

Obsolete. to dictate.

Obsolete. to prescribe.

Origin:
1325–75; Middle English enditen < Old French enditer < Vulgar Latin *indictāre, derivative of Latin indīctus past participle of indīcere to announce, proclaim. See in-², dictum

Related forms

in·dite·ment, noun

in·dit·er, noun

Can be confused: indict, indite.

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indite (ɪnˈdaɪt)

—vb
1.	archaic to write
2.	obsolete to dictate

[C14: from Old French enditer, from Latin indīcere to declare, from in-² + dīcere to say]

usage Indite and inditement are sometimes wrongly used where indict and indictment are meant: he was indicted (not indited) for fraud

in'ditement

—n

in'diter

—n

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