indite
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indite¹
- /ɪnˈdaɪt/ UK, US
Sounds like indict · Rhymes with -aɪt
Where it comes from
Originally a variant of indict; from Middle English enditen, endyten, from Old French enditer, from Late Latin indictāre, from in- + dictare (“to declare”). Doublet of indict.
verb indites · inditing · indited · endite
- To physically make (letters and words) on a writing surface; to inscribe.
- To write (something, especially a literary or artistic work); to compose. From a VVriter of Books, our Author is already dvvindled to a Preface-monger, and from Prefaces I am confident he may in a ſhort time be improved to endite Tickets for the Bear-Garden.
- To dictate (something); to prompt. My heart is inditing a good matter.
- To ask or invite (someone). She vvill endite him to ſome ſupper.
- To indict (someone); to accuse; to censure. the wonder that my wit cannot endite
indite²
- /ˈɪndaɪt/ UK, US
Where it comes from
From indium + -ite.
noun
- An extremely rare indium-iron sulfide mineral.
