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indite

[ in-dahyt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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.

indite

/ ɪnˈdaɪt /

verb

archaic.
to write
obsolete.
to dictate

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Usage

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

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Derived Forms

inˈditer, noun
inˈditement, noun

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Other Words From

in·ditement noun
in·diter noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of indite¹

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English enditen, from Old French enditer, from unattested Vulgar Latin indictāre, derivative of Latin indictus, past participle of indīcere “to announce, proclaim”; in- ², dictum

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Word History and Origins

Origin of indite¹

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

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Example Sentences

He could converse with any number of persons, and indite a letter at the same time, without being in any wise confused.

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Dear Sir,—I am with much pleasure to indite you about your name that has come to my hand with great joy.

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Les derniers jours de la grande arme; ou, Souvenirs, documents, et correspondance indite de Napolon en 1814 et 1815.

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The minor that wrote sonnets has only to come of age, and feel that he can indite a check, to be cured of his love fever.

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It is not the climate I am inveighing against; it is the Gothic, diabolical ideas of the people I indite.

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