Found 2 items, similar to Inditing.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: indite
indite
v : produce a literary work;
“She composed a poem”;
“He wrote
four novels” [syn:
write,
compose,
pen]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Inditing
Indite
\In*dite"\ ([i^]n*d[imac]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Indited; p. pr. & vb. n.
Inditing.] [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.]
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1. To compose; to write; to be author of; to dictate; to
prompt.
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My heart is inditing a good matter. --Ps. xlv. 1.
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Could a common grief have indited such expressions?
--South.
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Hear how learned Greece her useful rules indites.
--Pope.
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2. To invite or ask. [Obs.]
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She will indite him to some supper. --Shak.
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3. To indict; to accuse; to censure. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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