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.
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In*dite", v. i.
To compose; to write, as a poem.
Wounded I sing, tormented I indite.
Herbert.
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