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. 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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To compose; to write; to be author of; to dictate; to prompt. [ 1913 Webster ]

My heart is inditing a good matter. Ps. xlv. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

Could a common grief have indited such expressions? South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hear how learned Greece her useful rules indites. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To invite or ask. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

She will indite him to some supper. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To indict; to accuse; to censure. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To compose; to write, as a poem. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wounded I sing, tormented I indite. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Indictment. ] The act of inditing. Craig. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who indites. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]