01 v. t. To write; to compose; to dictate; to indite.
imp. & p. p.
Indicted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Indicting
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1.
To write; to compose; to dictate; to indite.[Obs.]
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2.
To appoint publicly or by authority; to proclaim or announce.[Obs.]“I am told shall have no Lent indicted this year.” — Evelyn.
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3.
To charge with a crime, in due form of law, by the finding or presentment of a grand jury; to bring an indictment against; as, to indict a man for arson. It is the peculiar province of a grand jury to indict, as it is of a house of representatives to impeach.(Law)