v.
Pronunciation: in- ' d ī t
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form: in · dit · ed ; in · dit · ing
Etymology: Middle English enditen, from Anglo-French enditer to write, compose, from Vulgar Latin *indictare, frequentative of Latin indicere to make known formally, proclaim, from in- + dicere to say ― more at DICTION
Date: 14th century
1 a : MAKE UP , COMPOSE < indite a poem> b : to give literary or formal expression to c : to put down in writing < indite a message>
2 obsolete : DICTATE
– in · dit · er noun