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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.
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
- inˈditement, noun
- inˈditer, noun
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Other Words From
- in·ditement noun
- in·diter noun
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Word History and Origins
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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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