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Definition of Indite
1. Verb. Produce a literary work. "Sam and Sue indite the movie "; "He wrote four novels"
Category relationships: Authorship, Composition, Penning, Writing
Specialized synonyms: Draw, Lyric, Write About, Write Of, Write On, Profile, Paragraph, Paragraph, Write Off, Dash Off, Fling Off, Knock Off, Scratch Off, Toss Off, Rewrite, Write Copy, Adopt, Dramatise, Dramatize, Draft, Outline, Poetise, Poetize, Verse, Versify, Author, Annotate, Footnote, Cite, Reference, Write Out, Write Up, Script
Generic synonyms: Create Verbally
Entails: Spell, Write
Related verbs: Publish, Write
Derivative terms: Composition, Pen, Penning, Writer, Writing
Also: Write Out
Definition of Indite
1. v. t. To compose; to write; to be author of; to dictate; to prompt.
2. v. i. To compose; to write, as a poem.
Definition of Indite
1. Verb. (transitive) To physically make letters and words on a writing surface; to inscribe ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To write, especially a literary or artistic work; to compose ¹
3. Noun. (minerology) An extremely rare indium-iron sulfide mineral. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Indite
1. to write or compose [v -DITED, -DITING, -DITES]
Medical Definition of Indite
1. 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. "She will indite him so supper." (Shak) 3. To indict; to accuse; to censure. Origin: 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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