indite
verb (used with object)
to compose or write, as a poem.
has indited
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present perfectof indite (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Not to say the Spirit without the book He has indited.
From Quiet Talks on Power by S. D. (Samuel Dickey) Gordon
Oh! doubtless some Syrian scribe has indited a Chaldee billet-doux, which she can not spell out without the friendly aid of dictionary and grammar.
From St. Elmo by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans
Coleridge has indited a violent philippic against Mr. Fox in the "Morning Post," which is a compound of expressions of humility, gentlemen-ushering-in most arrogant charges.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas
"I furthermore give sentence, that you also forthwith allow me to recite my poem to you, and that you open your ears in order to hear what John Heywood, the wise, has indited!"
From Henry VIII and His Court by Henry Niles Pierce
How it has sustained the character, how fulfilled the mission upon which it entered, the impartial historian has indited, every page of which is redolent with precept and example that point a moral.
From Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century by Booker T. Washington
