Inditement

in·dite  (n-dt)

tr.v. in·dit·ed, in·dit·ing, in·dites

1. To write; compose.

2. To set down in writing.

3. Obsolete To dictate.

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[Middle English enditen, from Old French enditer, from Vulgar Latin *indictre : Latin in-, toward; see in-² + Latin dictre, to compose, to say habitually, frequentative of dcere, to say; see deik- in Indo-European roots.]

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in·ditement n.

in·diter n.