Definition of Endite

1. v. t. See Indite.

Definition of Endite

1. Noun. One of the mouthparts of a spider or other arachnids, specifically the lobe of the palpal coxa lateral to the labium. ¹

2. Verb. (obsolete form of indite) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Endite

1. to indite [v -DITED, -DITING, -DITES] - See also: indite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Endite

endgut
endiademed
endian
endianness
endict
endicted
endicting
endictment
endictments
endicts
ending
ending up
endings
endiron
endirons
endite (current term)
endited
endites
enditing
endive
endives
endizen
endlang
endleaf
endleafs
endleaves
endless
endlessly
endlessness
endlessnesses

Literary usage of Endite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Vicars of Rochdale by Francis Robert Raines (1883)
"Mr. Butter- worth bade the officers tell the vicar and people if they did not scatter he would endite every one of them. The people went away. (Ibid., p. ..."

2. An Introduction to the Study of the Comparative Anatomy of Animals: A by Gilbert Charles Bourne, Arthur Bolles Lee (1902)
"The peculiar hinge-like attachment of the sixth endite should be noticed. ... The next segment bears the second endite, modified to form a short filamentous ..."

3. The Spider Book: A Manual for the Study of the Spiders and Their Near by John Henry Comstock (1912)
"The endite is also known as the maxillary plate; but this is an undesirable ... The internal border of the endite in many cases bears a brush of hairs, ..."

4. The Vicars of Rochdale by Francis Robert Raines (1883)
"Mr. Butter- worth bade the officers tell the vicar and people if they did not scatter he would endite every one of them. The people went away. (Ibid., p. ..."

5. An Introduction to the Study of the Comparative Anatomy of Animals: A by Gilbert Charles Bourne, Arthur Bolles Lee (1902)
"The peculiar hinge-like attachment of the sixth endite should be noticed. ... The next segment bears the second endite, modified to form a short filamentous ..."

6. The Spider Book: A Manual for the Study of the Spiders and Their Near by John Henry Comstock (1912)
"The endite is also known as the maxillary plate; but this is an undesirable ... The internal border of the endite in many cases bears a brush of hairs, ..."

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