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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Indict \In*dict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Indicted}; p. pr & vb n. {Indicting}.] [OE. enditen. See {Indite}.] 1. To write; to compose; to dictate; to indite. [Obs.] 2. To appoint publicly or by authority; to proclaim or announce. [Obs.] I am told shall have no Lent indicted this year. --Evelyn. 3. (Law) To charge with a crime, in due form of law, by the finding or presentment of a grand jury; to find an indictment against; as to indict a man for arson. It is the peculiar province of a grand jury to indict, as it is of a house of representatives to impeach. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: indict v : accuse formally of a crime
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