KJV Dictionary Definition: indite

indite

INDI'TE, 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. Ps.45.

INDI'TE, 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

INDI'TED, pp. Composed; written; dictated.

inditement

INDI'TEMENT, n. The act of inditing.

inditing

INDI'TING, ppr. Committing to words in writing; dictating what shall be written.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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