Indite vs Indictment - What's the difference?
indite | indictment |
To physically make letters and words on a writing surface; to inscribe
To write, especially a literary or artistic work; to compose
* 1844 ,
To dictate; to prompt.
* Bible, Psalms xlv. 1
* South
(obsolete) To invite or ask.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) To indict; to accuse; to censure.
* (rfdate) Spenser, Amoretti , III.14:
(mineralogy) An extremely rare indium-iron sulfide mineral.
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(legal) An official formal accusation for a criminal offence, or the process by which it is brought to a jury.
(legal) The official legal document outlining the charges concerned.
(countable, uncountable) An accusation of wrongdoing; a criticism or condemnation.
As nouns the difference between indite and indictment
is that indite is while indictment is (legal) an official formal accusation for a criminal offence, or the process by which it is brought to a jury.indite
English
Alternative forms
* endite * indictVerb
(indit)- 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.
- My heart is inditing a good matter.
- Could a common grief have indited such expressions?
- She will indite him to supper.
- the wonder that my wit cannot endite
