indite

(ĭn-dīt')
tr.v., -dit·ed, -dit·ing, -dites.

1. To write; compose.
2. To set down in writing.
3. Obsolete. To dictate.

[Middle English enditen, from Old French enditer, from Vulgar Latin *indictāre : Latin in-, toward; see in-² + Latin dictāre, to compose, to say habitually, frequentative of dīcere, to say.]

inditement in·dite'ment n.
inditer in·dit'er n.

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verb

1. To form letters, characters, or words on a surface with an instrument: engross, inscribe, scribe, write. See remember/forget.
2. To form by artistic effort: compose, create, produce, write. See make/unmake.

[fr. ME enditen] (also endite)
a) make up, compose  (indite a poem)
b) to give literary or formal expression to
c) to put down in writing  (indite a message)
(a and b give more thought to the wording than the actual writing)

IN BRIEF: Make up, compose.

Wounded I sing, tormented I indite. — Victor Herbert (1859-1924),U.S. musician, composer, and conductor.

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• Modes and Manners of Expression - indite: put into words; compose

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forfatte, skrive

Nederlands (Dutch)
op schrift stellen (toespraak), componeren, brief schrijven

Français (French)
v. tr. - composer/écrire (un poème), dicter (arch), prescrire (arch)

Deutsch (German)
v. - in Worte fassen, schreiben

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - συντάσσω, διατυπώνω γραπτά

Italiano (Italian)
redigere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - compor

Русский (Russian)
сочинять, приглашать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - redactar, componer, escribir, poner por escrito

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - avfatta, författa (äv. skämts.), skriva

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
写成文章, 创作

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 寫成文章, 創作

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - (시, 글 등을) 쓰다, 짓다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 作る, 書く, 文字にする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينظم قصيدة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮כתב (נאום, מכתב וכו'), חיבר‬

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