indite

verb

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɪndaɪt/ / /ɪnˈdaɪt/

noun

Etymology: From indium + -ite.

An extremely rare indium-iron sulfide mineral.

verb

Etymology: 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.

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.”
“It is certain that the mere act of inditing tends, in a great degree, to the logicalisation of thought. Whenever, on account of its vagueness, I am dissatisfied with a conception of the brain, I resort forthwith to the pen, for the purpose of obtaining, through its aid, the necessary form, consequence, and precision.”
To dictate (something); to prompt.
“My heart is inditing a good matter.”
“Could a common grief have indited such expressions?”
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”
“Two cases of cattle-stealing were dealt with, in which three natives were indited, two males, and one female. The two men were found guilty […]”