单词 | indite |
释义 | † inditen. Scottish. Obsolete. 1. The action or faculty of inditing. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > [noun] > action or practice of composing diting1382 settinga1450 writingc1450 makinga1470 context?a1475 indite1508 inditing?a1513 inditement1567 contexture1603 composal1615 composing1873 1508 W. Dunbar Goldyn Targe (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems (1998) I. 192 This ile before was bare and desolate Off rethorike or lusty fresch endyte. a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 204 Thow hes full littill feill of fair indyte. 1573 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxxix. 324 My dull indyte can not direct my pen. 2. Style of composing, literary style; also, the thing indited, a composition; esp. a poem. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [noun] writingc1350 mannerc1375 pena1387 langue?a1400 indite1501 rate1517 conveyance?1521 composition1532 turn1533 set1535 tune1537 style1577 composure1601 way1612 language1699 rhetoricity1921 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > [noun] yedOE metrea1375 dittya1387 poesya1387 poemc1487 indite1501 posy1575 metro1619 pomec1820 1501 G. Douglas Envoy in Palace of Honour iii Thy barrant termis, and thy vile indite Sall not be mine. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid Pref. 2 Laude, honor, prasingis, thankis infynite To the, and thi dulce ornate fresch endite Mast reuerend Virgill. 1554 D. Lindsay Dialog Experience & Courteour l. 6335 in Wks. (1931) I All gentyll Redaris hertlye I Implore For tyll excuse my rurall rude Indyte. 1567 R. Sempill in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. iii. 212 In poetrie I traist ȝow be na barne, Quhilk dois reheirs the Poetis auld indyte. 1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xx. 7 Desyring all, baith greit and small..Not for to wyte my rude Indyte. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021). inditev.ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > dictate inditec1374 α. β. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 139/2 Endytyn, or indytyn scripture and feyre speche, dicto.1483 Cath. Angl. 195/2 To Indyte, dictare, jndictare.1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 89 Iulius Cæsar..would indight a letter to one of his Secretaries.a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 160 That..I may alwaies beleeve what the Spirit of Love hath Indited, and the beloved Disciple hath written.1657 A. Sparrow Rationale Bk. Common Prayer (new ed.) 94 The Common Prayers which were indicted or denounced by the voice of the Deacon.1717 M. Prior To Earl of Oxford 4 Smiling, bid her freely write What her happy thoughts indite.1727 W. Mather Young Man's Compan. (ed. 13) Pref. Canonical Scripture, which is indicted by the Holy Ghost.c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Cambr.) i. met. i. 1 Rendynge Muses of poetes enditen to me thinges to ben writen and drery vers. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 267/1 As he endyted the lettre..and another monk wrote hit. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) i. 16 The holy gost endited the rewle hymselfe by his holy mouthe to saynt Birgit. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. (1609) xxxi. ix. 778 The Consull pronounced the vow according to the very same forme of words (as the high priest endited and spake before him). 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre v. ii. 231 In this case their words are endited not from their heart but outward limbes. 1815 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 251 English newspapers endited or endowed by the Castlereaghs or the Cannings. a. To enjoin as a law, precept, or maxim; = dictate v. 3. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > issue (a commandment) > lay down as a precept indite1413 precept?a1475 1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) iv. vii. 61 Iustyce ne maye nought endyten this sentence that this shold be due. 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits v. 66 Out of one consideration, endicted to them by their schoolmaister, they will gather a hundred. 1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts ii. 299 God himselfe..hath indited these things unto us. 1711 A. Pope Ess. Crit. 8 First learned Greece just Precepts did indite, When to repress, and when indulge our Flight. b. To dictate to, enjoin (a person). ΘΚΠ society > authority > command > command or bidding > command [verb (transitive)] > enjoin or instruct enjoin1297 charge1303 informa1387 charche1399 inditec1399 joinc1400 instructa1500 encharge?1533 conjoin1591 ready1600 directa1616 c1399 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 15 Noght only to my king of pes y write, Bot to these othre princes cristene alle, That ech of hem his oghne herte endite. c1600 Hist. & Life James VI (1825) 3 She constraynit nane of hir subjects to exercise utherwayis in religioun then as thair awin conscience indytit them. 3. a. To put into words, compose (a poem, tale, speech, etc.); to give a literary or rhetorical form to (words, an address); to express or describe in a literary composition. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > be the author of or write (a work) [verb (transitive)] > express in written work or write about writeOE inditea1340 pena1527 pursue1558 to lay down1583 discur1586 paper1594 style1605 word1613 exercisea1616 bescribble1643 describble1794 bewrite1875 α. β. ?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) iii. l. 1292 in Shorter Poems (1967) 84 Ye musis nyne..caus me dewly til indyt [1579 Edinb. Indite] þis story.1555 J. Proctor Hist. Wyates Rebell. Ded. Moving others to indict and pen stories.1568 A. Scott Poems (1896) xiii. 8 Sum thame delytis till indyte Fair facound speich.1611 Bible (King James) Psalms xlv. 1 My heart is inditing a good matter. View more context for this quotation1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 27 Not sedulous by Nature to indite Warrs, hitherto the onely Argument Heroic deem'd. View more context for this quotationc1706 M. Prior Her Right Name 21 Old Homer only could indite Their vagrant grace and soft delight.a1800 W. Cowper Ode to Apollo 3 Luckless brains, That..Indite much metre with much pains, And little or no meaning.1847 B. Disraeli Tancred II. iii. iv. 51 Men far too well acquainted with their subject to indite such tales of the Philistines as these!a1340 R. Rolle Cant. in Psalter 499 Anna..made þis psalme enditand it. c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde i. 6 Thesiphone þow helpe me for tendite This woful vers. a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 1854 Endite in Latyne or in Frensshe thy grief clere. 1508 W. Dunbar Goldyn Targe (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems (1998) I. 186 Quho coud wele endyte How all the feldis..Depaynt war brycht. a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) iii. x. sig. P.i He had deuysed his artycles so wysely, and indicted them so well. ?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 43 The ditty in miter so aptly endighted too the matter. 1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (lxxiv. Paraphr.) 363 The Seventy Fourth Psalm..seems to have been endited under the captivity. a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. 118 That which comes to the institute I handle was thus endicted. 1692 W. Lowth Vindication (1699) 8 Unless..God cannot order a Book to be writ in as Intelligible a manner, as men can endite it. b. absol. or intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > follow occupation of writer [verb (intransitive)] > compose indite1377 informc1450 compose1602 perform1703 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 367 For is none of þis newe clerkes..Þat can versifye faire ne formalich enditen. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 1881 Of this bataille I wol namoore endite. 1447 O. Bokenham Lives of Saints (Arun.) (1938) l. 74 The matere wych I wil of wryte Althow but rudely I kun endyte. ?1521 A. Barclay Bk. Codrus & Mynalcas sig. Aijv Of gay maters, to syng and to endyte. 1687 E. Waller On his Divine Poems 2 The subject made us able to indite. 1748 W. Shenstone School-mistress xix, in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems (ed. 2) I. 255 Sigh'd as he sung and did in tears indite. 4. transitive. To put into written words, write, pen (a letter, etc.); to inscribe, set down, or enter in writing. In later use, passing into 3, the ‘wording’ being more thought of than the actual writing. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > [verb (transitive)] > set down in writing adighteOE to set on writea900 dightc1000 writeOE brevea1225 layc1330 indite1340 take1418 annote1449 printa1450 scribe1465 redact?a1475 reduce1485 letter1504 recite1523 to commit to writing (also paper)1529 pen1530 reduce?1533 token up1535 scripture1540 titulea1550 to set down1562 quote1573 to put down1574 paper1594 to write down1594 apprehend1611 fix1630 exarate1656 depose1668 put1910 society > communication > correspondence > letter-writing > write (a letter) [verb (transitive)] writeOE aditec1330 indite1340 society > communication > writing > [verb (transitive)] > inscribe (writing) > inscribe (a surface) indite1340 inscribe1638 society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > be the author of or write (a work) [verb (transitive)] setc888 adighteOE awriteeOE writeeOE dightc1000 workOE makelOE brevea1225 ditea1300 aditec1330 indite1340 betravail1387 compone1393 saya1475 compile1477 compose1483 comprise1485 recite1523 pen1530 contex1542 invent1576 author1597 context1628 to make up1630 spawn1631 1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 181 Þanne let þe lordliche king lettres endite. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 49 Saye that ye your self haue made the lettre and endited it. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xxx. 149 Whan for my selfe she did so well indite, As I shall shew..The gentyll fourme and tenour of her letter. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxxvii A letter of diffiance, bothe for the stile & the pennyng excellently endited. 1588 H. Oldcastle & J. Mellis Briefe Instr. Accompts sig. Eiijv Thus yee shall indight the parcell of the Journall into the Debitor, that is on the left hand. 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 4 He may..be improved to endite Tickets for the Bear-garden. 1727 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman (ed. 2) I. ii. 17 His learning how..to indite his letters in a Tradesman's stile. 1870 B. Disraeli Lothair (new ed.) lxix. 367 He would probably find that functionary inditing a private letter to the English Secretary of State. 5. a. Used for invite. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > hospitality > invitation > invite [verb (transitive)] bidc1200 prayc1300 desirec1325 invite1553 convite1568 indite1599 encourage1728 book1840 to ask back1844 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. iii. 120 She will endite him to some supper. View more context for this quotation 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. i. 28 He is indited to dinner to the Lubbers head in Lumbert streete. View more context for this quotation b. Used for inscribe. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1793 ‘A. Pasquin’ Life Late Earl of Barrymore (ed. 3) 115 I will not indite his sepulchre with that adulatory language. Derivatives inˈdited adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [adjective] > composed in words inditedc1440 society > communication > writing > state of having been written > [adjective] writtenOE pricked1463 penned1567 handwritten1583 paper1616 literal1621 inditeda1640 in manuscript1646 scribed1662 scriptory1704 scriptured1763 pen and ink1810 scriptitious1815 paper-and-pencil1927 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 139/2 Endytyd (K. or indityd) as scripture and speche, dictatus. ?1578 W. Patten Let. Entertainm. Killingwoorth 62 Her wel endighted dialog. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xxxviii. 75 The Prophet Dauid..left behinde him..a number of diuinely endited poemes. a1640 W. Fenner Hidden Manna (1652) 10 An indited Epistle, which an unskilfull Ideot..cannot read. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1501v.a1340 |
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