Indites vs Indies - What's the difference?
indites | indies |
(indite)
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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The East Indies, including India, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, and adjacent lands.
The West Indies, including Cuba, Puerto Rico, and other islands of the Caribbean.
(historical) The Western Hemisphere, during the early period of European colonization and exploration.
As a verb indites
is (indite).As an adjective indies is
.indites
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Verb
(head)indite
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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