Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IN-DITE', v.t. [L. indico, indictum; in and dico, to speak.]

1. To compose; to write; to commit to words in writing. Hear how learn'd Greece her useful rules indites. Pope.
2. To direct or dictate what is to be uttered or written. The late President Dwight indited his sermons. My heart is inditing a good matter. Ps. xiv.