indite

indite

compose or write, as a poem: She will indite an ode to the sunset.

Not to be confused with:

indict – charge with an offense; criticize: He tends to indict everyone of plotting against him.

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in·dite

 (ĭn-dīt′)

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 *indictāre : Latin in-, toward; see in-² + Latin dictāre, to compose, to say habitually, frequentative of dīcere, to say; see deik- in Indo-European roots.]

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in·dite′ment n.

in·dit′er n.

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indite

(ɪnˈdaɪt)

vb (tr)

1. archaic to write

2. obsolete to dictate

[C14: from Old French enditer, from Latin indīcere to declare, from in-² + dīcere to say]

inˈditement n

inˈditer n

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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in•dite

(ɪnˈdaɪt)

v.t. -dit•ed, -dit•ing.

1. to compose or write (a speech, poem, etc.).

2. Obs. to dictate.

3. Obs. to prescribe.

[1325–75; Middle English enditen < Old French enditer < Latin indīcere; see indiction]

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indite

Past participle: indited
Gerund: inditing

Imperative

indite

indite

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Thesaurus

Verb

1.

indite - produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels" pen, write, compose authorship, penning, writing, composition - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship" draw - write a legal document or paper; "The deed was drawn in the lawyer's office" create verbally - create with or from words lyric - write lyrics for (a song) write about, write of, write on - write about a particular topic; "Snow wrote about China" profile - write about; "The author of this article profiles a famous painter" paragraph - write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher paragraph - write about in a paragraph; "All her friends were paragraphed in last Monday's paper" write off - write something fluently, and without hesitation dash off, fling off, scratch off, toss off, knock off - write quickly; "She dashed off a note to her husband saying she would not be home for supper"; "He scratched off a thank-you note to the hostess" rewrite - rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose; "re-write a play for use in schools" write copy - write for commercial publications; "She writes copy for Harper's Bazaar" dramatise, dramatize, adopt - put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay" draft, outline - draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech" poetise, poetize, verse, versify - compose verses or put into verse; "He versified the ancient saga" author - be the author of; "She authored this play" annotate, footnote - add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments; "The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel" reference, cite - refer to; "he referenced his colleagues' work" publish, write - have (one's written work) issued for publication; "How many books did Georges Simenon write?"; "She published 25 books during her long career" write out, write up - put into writing; write in complete form; "write out a contract" script - write a script for; "The playwright scripted the movie"

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indite

verb

1. To form letters, characters, or words on a surface with an instrument:

engross, inscribe, scribe, write.

2. To form by artistic effort:

compose, create, produce, write.

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Translations

verfassen

indite

[ɪnˈdaɪt] VT (liter) [+ letter] → endilgar

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