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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Indite \In*dite"\, v. i. To compose; to write, as a poem. Wounded I sing, tormented I indite. --Herbert. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Indite \In*dite"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Indited}; p. pr & vb n. {Inditing}.] [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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: indite v : produce a literary work "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels" [syn: {write}, {compose}, {pen}]
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