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indite

[ in-dahyt ]

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.
  3. Obsolete. to dictate.
  4. Obsolete. to prescribe.


indite

/ ɪnˈdaɪt /

verb

  1. archaic.
    to write
  2. obsolete.
    to dictate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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

  • inˈditement, noun
  • inˈditer, 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.

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

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

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.

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

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