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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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