indite
verb (used with object)
to compose or write, as a poem.
indited
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past participleof indite.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof indite.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
inditeverb (used with object)to compose or write, as a poem.
Example Sentences
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Soon the compromise was indited, the bargain between miners and owners sealed, the strike averted.
From Time Magazine Archive
Readers ascertained on closer scrutiny that Mr. Rogers was permitting this journal to publish a series of open epistles indited by him to Calvin Coolidge.
From Time Magazine Archive
He indited the script to "Emperors, Kings, Dukes, Marquises, Earls and Knights," full knowing that the house of Polo would profit by the advertisement.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rushing to Washington, Congressman Linthicum indited invitations to all 71st House members to attend a Wet Bloc organization meeting early in December.
From Time Magazine Archive
The superscription was Jessie's; the note the short and cold farewell she had indited after her parting with Orrin Wyllys, on the 6th of September.
From Jessamine A Novel by Marion Harland
