indite
verb (used with object)
to compose or write, as a poem.
inditing
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present participleof indite.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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The Captain was not long in inditing a short note to Scanlan, to whom, "strictly confidential," Mr. Merl was introduced as a great capitalist and speculator, desirous to ascertain all the resources of the land.
From The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) by Charles James Lever
Within the last twenty-four hours of his existence a new chapter had been opened before him in his book of fate—it was not his own inditing.
From Jasper Lyle by Harriet Ward
The production is a remarkable one, as well as the inditing of it a very singular phenomenon.
From Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity by Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard
This social meal ended, she would sit down to write, penning letters, attending to business, or inditing stories if any such were in progress.
From Maria Edgeworth by Helen Zimmern
My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made, touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
From Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century by Joseph Victor von Scheffel
