verb (used with object), in·dit·ed, in·dit·ing. 1.to compose or write, as a poem.
2.to treat in a literary composition.
4.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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