indite
21indite — v.t. compose; write down; describe. ♦ inditement, n …
22indite — v.tr. formal or joc. 1 put (a speech etc.) into words. 2 write (a letter etc.). Etymology: ME f. OF enditier: see INDICT …
23indict, indite — Very occasionally confused, as here: The American Family Association persuaded the city council to indite the museum director and his board for obscenity (Independent). To lay a formal charge the sense intended here is to indict. Indite, a… …
24indict, indite — Very occasionally confused, as here: The American Family Association persuaded the city council to indite the museum director and his board for obscenity (Independent). To lay a formal charge the sense intended here is to indict. Indite, a… …
25indict, indite — Indict means to accuse or to charge with crime : Bolo was indicted for manslaughter. Indite means to write, to compose : Lincoln indited a beautiful letter to the Widow Bixby …
26indict — indite …
27indict(s) — indite(s) …
28Indited — Indite In*dite ([i^]n*d[imac]t ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Indited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inditing}.] [OE. enditen to indite, indict, OF. enditer to indicate, show, dictate, write, inform, and endicter to accuse; both fr. LL. indictare to show, to accuse …
29Inditing — Indite In*dite ([i^]n*d[imac]t ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Indited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inditing}.] [OE. enditen to indite, indict, OF. enditer to indicate, show, dictate, write, inform, and endicter to accuse; both fr. LL. indictare to show, to accuse …
30indict — , indite The first means to accuse formally of a crime; the second means to set down in writing, but in fact is rare almost to the point of obsolescence …
