Dictionary of problem words and expressions. Harry Shaw. 1975.
indict, 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… … Dictionary of troublesome word
indict, 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… … Dictionary of troublesome word
indite — See indict, indite … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
indict — See indict, indite … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
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, fr. L … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Indict — In*dict ([i^]n*d[imac]t ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Indicted} ([i^]n*d[imac]t [e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Indicting}.] [OE. enditen. See {Indite}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To write; to compose; to dictate; to indite. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. To appoint… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
indite — (v.) late 14c., put down in writing, from O.Fr. enditer, from V.L. *indictare, from L. in in, into, on, upon (see IN (Cf. in ) (2)) + dictare “to declare” (see DICTATE (Cf. dictate)). The same word as INDICT (Cf. indict) but retaining a… … Etymology dictionary
indict — in·dict /in dīt/ vt [alteration of earlier indite, from Anglo French enditer, from Old French, to write down, ultimately from Latin indicere to proclaim, from in toward + dicere to say]: to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a… … Law dictionary
indite — [in dīt′] vt. indited, inditing [ME enditen < OFr enditer < LL * indictare: see INDICT] 1. Archaic to express or describe in prose or verse 2. to put in writing; compose and write 3. Obs. to dictate inditement n. inditer n … English World dictionary
indict — , 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 … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
