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Webster 1913 Edition


Indite

In-dite′

(ĭn-dīt′)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Indited
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Inditing
.]
[OE.
enditen
to indite, indict, OF.
enditer
to indicate, show, dictate, write, inform, and
endicter
to accuse; both fr. LL.
indictare
to show, to accuse, fr. L.
indicere
to proclaim, announce; pref.
in-
in +
dicere
to say. The word was influenced also by L.
indicare
to indicate, and by
dictare
to dictate. See
Diction
, and cf.
Indict
,
Indicate
,
Dictate
.]
1.
To compose; to write; to be author of; to dictate; to prompt.
My heart is
inditing
a good matter.
Ps. xlv. 1.
Could a common grief have
indited
such expressions?
South.
Hear how learned Greece her useful rules
indites
.
Pope.
2.
To invite or ask.
[Obs.]
She will
indite
him to some supper.
Shakespeare
3.
To indict; to accuse; to censure.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

In-dite′

,
Verb.
I.
To compose; to write, as a poem.
Wounded I sing, tormented I
indite
.
Herbert.

Webster 1828 Edition


Indite

INDI'TE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. indico, indictum; in and dico, to speak.]
1.
To compose; to write; to commit to words in writing.
Hear how learn'd Greece her useful rules indites.
2.
To direct or dictate what is to be uttered or written. The late President Dwight indited his sermons.
My heart is inditing a good matter. Ps.45.

INDI'TE

,
Verb.
I.
To compose an account of.
[This is from the same original as indict. The different applications of the word have induced authors to express each in a different orthography, but without good reason.]

Definition 2024


Indite

Indite

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German

Noun

Indite m

  1. plural of Indit

indite

indite

See also: Indite

English

Alternative forms

Verb

indite (third-person singular simple present indites, present participle inditing, simple past and past participle indited)

  1. (transitive) To physically make letters and words on a writing surface; to inscribe
  2. (transitive) To write, especially a literary or artistic work; to compose
    • 1844, E. A. Poe, Marginalia
      It is certain that the mere act of inditing tends, in a great degree, to the logicalisation of thought. Whenever, on account of its vagueness, I am dissatisfied with a conception of the brain, I resort forthwith to the pen, for the purpose of obtaining, through its aid, the necessary form, consequence, and precision.
  3. To dictate; to prompt.
    • Bible, Psalms xlv. 1
      My heart is inditing a good matter.
    • South
      Could a common grief have indited such expressions?
  4. (obsolete) To invite or ask.
    • Shakespeare
      She will indite him to supper.
  5. (obsolete) To indict; to accuse; to censure.
    • (Can we date this quote?) Spenser, Amoretti, III.14:
      the wonder that my wit cannot endite

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Noun

indite (uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) An extremely rare indium-iron sulfide mineral.

Italian

Verb

indite

  1. second-person plural present indicative of indire
  2. second-person plural imperative of indire

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Latin

Verb

indite

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of indō