In*dite" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indited; p. pr. & vb. n. Inditing.] [OE. enditen to indite, indict, OF. enditer to indicate, show, dictate, write, inform, and endicter to accuse; both fr. LL. indictare to show, to accuse, fr. L. indicere to proclaim, announce; pref. in- in + dicere to say. The word was influenced also by L. indicare to indicate, and by dictare to dictate. See Diction, and cf. Indict, Indicate, Dictate.]

1. To compose; to write; to be author of; to dictate; to prompt.

My heart is inditing a good matter.

Could a common grief have indited such expressions?

Hear how learned Greece her useful rules indites.

2. To invite or ask. [Obs.]

She will indite him to some supper.

3. To indict; to accuse; to censure. [Obs.] Spenser.

In*dite", v. i. To compose; to write, as a poem.

Wounded I sing, tormented I indite.

• to physically make letters and words on a writing surface; to inscribe
  
• to write, especially a literary or artistic work; to compose