Dictionary entries for 'indite'

Synonyms

engross
inscribe
scribe
write
compose
create
produce
write

in·dite (ĭn-dīt́)

[Middle English enditen, from Old French enditer, from Vulgar Latin* indictāre, Latin in-, toward; see in–², + Latin dictāre, to compose, to say habitually frequentative of dīcere, to say.]

transitive verb: -dit·ed, -dit·ing, -dites.

To write; compose.
To set down in writing.
Obsolete To dictate.

derivatives

in·ditément: noun
in·dit́er: noun

transitive verb: -dit·ed, -dit·ing, -dites.

derivatives

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition