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indite

VT ประพันธ์  เขียน กลอน  แต่ง กลอน  compose write pra-pan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INDITE

v.t.[L. indico, indictum; in and dico, to speak. ] 1. To compose; to write; to commit to words in writing.
Hear how learn'd Greece her useful rules indites.
2. To direct or dictate what is to be uttered or written. The late President Dwight indited his sermons.
My heart is inditing a good matter. Psalm 45:1.

 

INDITE

v.i.To compose an account of. [This is from the same original as indict. The different applications of the word have induced authors to express each in a different orthography, but without good reason. ]

 

INDITED

pp. Composed; written; dictated.

 

INDITEMENT

n.The act of inditing.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INDITE

In *dite ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indited; p. pr. & vb. n. Inditing. ]Etym: [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. indicere to proclaim, announce; pref. in- in + dicere to say. The word was influenced also by L.indicare to indicate, and by dictare to dictate. See Diction, and cf. Indict, Indicate, Dictate. ]

 

1. To compose; to write; to be author of; to dictate; to prompt. My heart is inditing a good matter. Ps. xlv. 1. Could a common grief have indited such expressions South. Hear how learned Greece her useful rules indites. Pope.

 

2. To invite or ask. [Obs. ] She will indite him so supper. Shak.

 

3. To indict; to accuse; to censure. [Obs. ] Spenser.

 

INDITE

INDITE In *dite ", v. i.

 

Defn: To compose; to write, as a poem. Wounded I sing, tormented I indite. Herbert.

 

INDITEMENT

In *dite "ment, n. Etym: [Cf. Indictment. ]

 

Defn: The act of inditing. Craig.

 

INDITER

INDITER In *dit "er, n.

 

Defn: One who indites. Smart.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

indite

in dite |inˈdīt ɪnˈdaɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] archaic write; compose: he indites the wondrous tale of Our Lord. ORIGIN Middle English endite, from Old French enditier, based on Latin indicere (see indict ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

indite

indite |ɪnˈdʌɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] archaic write; compose: he indites the wondrous tale of Our Lord. ORIGIN Middle English endite, from Old French enditier, based on Latin indicere (see indict ).