Indite Definition

ĭn-dīt
indited, indites, inditing
verb
indited, indites, inditing
To express or describe in prose or verse.
Webster's New World
To put in writing; compose and write.
Webster's New World
To set down in writing.
American Heritage
To dictate.
American Heritage

To dictate; to prompt.

Wiktionary
noun

(mineralogy) An extremely rare indium-iron sulfide mineral.

Wiktionary

Origin of Indite

  • Middle English enditen from Old French enditer from Vulgar Latin indictāre Latin in- toward in–2 Latin dictāre to compose, to say habitually frequentative of dīcere to say deik- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French and Anglo-Norman enditer, from Latin in- +‎ dictare (“to declare”).

    From Wiktionary

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