indite : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: indite	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for indite
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
indite v produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels" Synonym(s): write, compose, pen, indite
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 \Indite"\, 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.