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Indited vs Indicted - What's the difference?

indited | indicted |

As verbs the difference between indited and indicted

is that indited is past tense of indite while indicted is past tense of indict.

indited

English

Verb

(head)
  • (indite)

    • indite

    English

    Alternative forms

    * endite * indict

    Verb

    (indit)
  • To physically make letters and words on a writing surface; to inscribe
  • To write, especially a literary or artistic work; to compose
  • * 1844 ,
    • 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.
  • To dictate; to prompt.
  • * Bible, Psalms xlv. 1
    • My heart is inditing a good matter.
  • * South
    • Could a common grief have indited such expressions?
  • (obsolete) To invite or ask.
  • * Shakespeare
    • She will indite him to supper.
  • (obsolete) To indict; to accuse; to censure.
  • * (rfdate) Spenser, Amoretti , III.14:
    • the wonder that my wit cannot endite

    Anagrams

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    Noun

    (-)
  • (mineralogy) An extremely rare indium-iron sulfide mineral.
    • ----

    indicted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (indict)

    • indict

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To accuse of wrongdoing; charge.
    • a book that indicts modern values
  • (legal) To make a formal accusation or indictment for a crime against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury.
    • his former manager was indicted for fraud

    See also

    * indite