indite

Verb

WordNet 3.0

Verb (1)

produce a literary work“She composed a poem”“He wrote four novels”Synonyms: write compose pen

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Indite \In*dite"\, v. i. To compose; to write, as a poem. [1913 Webster]

Wounded I sing, tormented I indite. --Herbert. [1913 Webster]

Indite \In*dite"\ ([i^]n*d[imac]t"), 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.] [1913 Webster]

1.To compose; to write; to be author of; to dictate; to prompt. [1913 Webster]

My heart is inditing a good matter.— Ps. xlv. 1.[1913 Webster]

Could a common grief have indited such expressions?— South.[1913 Webster]

Hear how learned Greece her useful rules indites.— Pope.[1913 Webster]

2.To invite or ask. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

She will indite him to some supper.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

3.To indict; to accuse; to censure. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]