D defs.my
Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Indite

/(ĭn*dīt")/ · In·dite · IPA /ɪnˈdaɪt/
01 v. t. To compose; to write; to be author of; to dictate; to prompt.
imp. & p. p. Indited; p. pr. & vb. n. Inditing
  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. 2.
    To invite or ask.[Obs.]
    “She will indite him to some supper.” Shak.
  3. 3.
    To indict; to accuse; to censure.[Obs.]
02 v. i. To compose; to write, as a poem.
  1. 1.
    To compose; to write, as a poem.
    “Wounded I sing, tormented I indite.” Herbert.