INDITE


Meaning of INDITE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ in-ˈdīt ]

transitive verb

( 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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.