Indite Definition
ĭn-dīt
indited, indites, inditing
verb
indited, indites, inditing
To express or describe in prose or verse.
Webster's New World
To put in writing; compose and write.
Webster's New World
To set down in writing.
American Heritage
To dictate.
American Heritage
Origin of Indite
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Middle English enditen from Old French enditer from Vulgar Latin indictāre Latin in- toward in–2 Latin dictāre to compose, to say habitually frequentative of dīcere to say deik- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Old French and Anglo-Norman enditer, from Latin in- + dictare (“to declare”).
From Wiktionary
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