Inedited vs Indited - What's the difference?
inedited | indited |
(Of writing or other creative work) unpublished or unedited.
* 1855 : Types of Mankind by J. C. Nott and Geo. R. Gliddon, chapter 18
(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.
----
As an adjective inedited
is (of writing or other creative work) unpublished or unedited.As a verb indited is
(indite).inedited
English
Adjective
(-)- Among Dr. Morton's papers we find a letter, addressed from the The Isle of Philæ , Sept. 15, 1844, by Chev. Lepsius, to our erudite countryman, the late John Pickering, of Boston. Being inedited , and mentioned only by one writer that we know of, we translate such passages as bear upon Nubian subject value…
indited
English
Verb
(head)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