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indite

[ in-dahyt ]

verb (used with object)

indited, inditing.
  1. to compose or write, as a poem.
  2. to treat in a literary composition.
  3. Obsolete. to dictate.
  4. Obsolete. to prescribe.


indite

/ ɪ²Ôˈ»å²¹Éª³Ù /

verb

  1. archaic.
    to write
  2. obsolete.
    to dictate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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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Derived Forms

  • ¾±²Ôˈ»å¾±³Ù±ð³¾±ð²Ô³Ù, noun
  • ¾±²Ôˈ»å¾±³Ù±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ¾±²Ô·»å¾±³Ù±ðm±ð²Ô³Ù noun
  • ¾±²Ô·»å¾±³Ùİù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of indite1

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English enditen, from Old French enditer, from unattested Vulgar Latin ¾±²Ô»å¾±³¦³ÙÄå°ù±ð, derivative of Latin indictus, past participle of ¾±²Ô»åÄ«³¦±ð°ù±ð “to announce, proclaimâ€; in- 2, dictum
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of indite1

C14: from Old French enditer, from Latin ¾±²Ô»åÄ«³¦±ð°ù±ð to declare, from in- ² + »åÄ«³¦±ð°ù±ð to say
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Trump denied to the New York Times' Maggie Haberman that he was told he would be indited by "demurred" when asked if he had been told he was a target.

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He has retweeted posts calling for a wide range of people to be “handcuffed and prosecuted,†“indited,†put “in prison†and left “sitting in a cell.â€

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He that would triumph over the petty trickery of fate must indite history at its source.

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Mrs. Clinton’s email scandal unravels and unravels and unravels, but never in a sufficiently decisive way to put it beyond her supporters’ oily spin and ultimately indite her, morally if not legally.

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So, f became ph in words like sapphire and while Middle English had endite or indite, by the 17th century indict was being used, by analogy with the Latin indictÄre.

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