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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.
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.
[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.]