I. ə̇nˈdīt, usu -īd.+V verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English enditen, from Old French enditer to write down, compose, tell, make known, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin indictare to make known, proclaim, from Latin indictus, past participle of indicere to proclaim, from in- in- (II) + dicere to say — more at diction
transitive verb
1.
a. : to make up or compose (as a poem or story)
indite four lines of verse
indite an epistle
b. : to give literary or formal expression to
c. : to put down in writing
indite a message to a friend
2. obsolete : to dictate or prescribe especially the exact verbal form for (something to be repeated or copied)
3. obsolete : invite
intransitive verb
: compose , write
• in·dit·er -īd.ə(r), -ītə- noun -s
II.
archaic
variant of indict I