Indite (Verb)
Meaning
Produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels".
Classification
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
Examples
- The poet chose to indite an ode in honor of the country's founding father.
- Her delicate penmanship was well-suited to indite the lyrics of the love song.
- The famous author took two years to indite the historical novel that would become a bestseller.
- In her later years, Emily Dickinson would indite many verses that were later discovered posthumously.
- Using a feather quill, the young writer began to indite an epic tale of adventure and bravery.