INDITE

write, compose, pen, indite

(verb) produce a literary work; “She composed a poem”; “He wrote four novels”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Verb

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

(transitive) To physically make letters and words on a writing surface; to inscribe.

(transitive) To write, especially a literary or artistic work; to compose.

To dictate; to prompt.

(obsolete) To invite or ask.

(obsolete) To indict; to accuse; to censure.

Etymology 2

Noun

indite (uncountable)

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

Anagrams

• dinite, inited, tied in, tineid

Source: Wiktionary


In*dite", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indited; p. pr. & vb. n. Inditing.] Etym: [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 so supper. Shak.

3. To indict; to accuse; to censure. [Obs.] Spenser.

In*dite", v. i.

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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