INDITES
Verb
indites
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of indite
Anagrams
• edistin, tineids
Source: Wiktionary
INDITE
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