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Webster 1913 Edition

Indict

In-dict′

(ĭn-dīt′)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Indicted
(ĭn-dīt′ĕd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Indicting
.]
[OE.
enditen
. See
Indite
.]
1.
To write; to compose; to dictate; to indite.
[Obs.]
2.
To appoint publicly or by authority; to proclaim or announce.
[Obs.]
I am told shall have no Lent
indicted
this year.
Evelyn.
3.
(Law)
To charge with a crime, in due form of law, by the finding or presentment of a grand jury; to bring an indictment against;
as, to
indict
a man for arson
. It is the peculiar province of a grand jury to
indict
, as it is of a house of representatives to
impeach
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Indict

INDICT

,
Verb.
T.
indi'te. [L. indictus, from indico; in and dico, to speak.] In law, to accuse or charge with a crime or misdemeanor, in writing, by a grand jury under oath. It is the peculiar province of a grand jury to indict, as it is of a house of representatives to impeach. It is followed by of; as indicted of treason or arson.

Definition 2024

indict

indict

English

Verb

indict ‎(third-person singular simple present indicts, present participle indicting, simple past and past participle indicted)

  1. To accuse of wrongdoing; charge.
    a book that indicts modern values
  2. (law) To make a formal accusation or indictment for a crime against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury.
    his former manager was indicted for fraud

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Etymology

From Anglo-Norman enditer, from Old French enditer, from Medieval Latin indicto, from Latin in- + dictare.

The seemingly irregular pronunciation, compared with other English words also descending from Latin dicto, arose due to being borrowed from an Old French form (instead of more directly from Latin as was the case with the other descendants) which lost its "c" (yielding the base form endite) and thus made the word prone to have its "i" as IPA(key): /aɪ/, with the "c" later inserted in analogy.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aɪt
  • US: IPA(key): /ˌɪnˈdaɪt/
  • Homophone: indite

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