indite

verb

1. (transitive)To physically make (letters and words) on a writing surface; to inscribe.
2. (transitive)To write (something, especially a literary or artistic work); to compose.

   “From a VVriter of Books, our Author is already dvvindled to a Preface-monger, and from Prefaces I am confident he may in a ſhort time be improved to endite Tickets for the Bear-Garden.”

   “It is certain that the mere act of inditing tends, in a great degree, to the logicalisation of thought. Whenever, on account of its vagueness, I am dissatisfied with a conception of the brain, I resort forthwith to the pen, for the purpose of obtaining, through its aid, the necessary form, consequence, and precision.”

   “Sulíman now directed one of his ministers to indite a letter in the Chinese language to be sent to the Emperor of China to inform him of all these proceedings of Girdá towards the Prince of Rúm, and he then asked the Prince if he had been escorted by any chief enjoying the confidence of the Rájá of Rúm.”

3. To dictate (something); to prompt.

   “My heart is inditing a good matter.”

   “Could a common grief have indited such expressions?”

4. (obsolete)To ask or invite (someone).

   “She vvill endite him to ſome ſupper.”

5. (obsolete)To indict (someone); to accuse; to censure.

   “the wonder that my wit cannot endite”

   “Two cases of cattle-stealing were dealt with, in which three natives were indited, two males, and one female. The two men were found guilty […]”

noun

1. (uncountable)An extremely rare indium-iron sulfide mineral.