[in.dite] vt in.dit.ed ; in.dit.ing [ME enditen, fr. OF enditer to write down, proclaim, fr. (assumed) VL indictare to proclaim, freq. of L indicere to proclaim, fr. in- + dicere to say--more at diction] (14c) 1 a: make up, compose "~ a poem" b: to give literary or formal expression to c: to put down in writing "~ a message"
2. obs: dictate -- in.dit.er n