inditementn.

/ɪnˈdʌɪtmənt/

Forms: (Also 1600s indictment.)

Etymology: < indite v. + -ment suffix. Compare Old French enditement, -dictement suggestion, instigation (Wace, 12th cent.).

Obsolete or archaic.

The action of composing in prose or verse; composition.

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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

1567 T. Drant in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie Ded. sig. *iij No potentate of all the world..hath more fayre inditements to his commendation.

a1639 H. Wotton Psalm civ civ May..both harp and voice In sweet indictment of thy hymns rejoyce.

1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. F2 His Secretaries did little for him, by the way of Indictment, wherein they could seldome please him, he was so facete and choyce in his phrases, and style.

1805 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 19 328 The Ecclesiasticus..was actually in the process of composition or inditement.

1806 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 4 604 They gave up these long undertakings, as likely to outlast the spirit, the rapture, the enthusiasm, of enditement.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	inditement
释义	inditementn. /ɪnˈdʌɪtmənt/ Forms: (Also 1600s indictment.) Etymology: < indite v. + -ment suffix. Compare Old French enditement, -dictement suggestion, instigation (Wace, 12th cent.). Obsolete or archaic. The action of composing in prose or verse; composition. 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 1567 T. Drant in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie Ded. sig. iij No potentate of all the world..hath more fayre inditements to his commendation. a1639 H. Wotton Psalm civ* civ May..both harp and voice In sweet indictment of thy hymns rejoyce. 1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. F2 His Secretaries did little for him, by the way of Indictment, wherein they could seldome please him, he was so facete and choyce in his phrases, and style. 1805 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 19 328 The Ecclesiasticus..was actually in the process of composition or inditement. 1806 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 4 604 They gave up these long undertakings, as likely to outlast the spirit, the rapture, the enthusiasm, of enditement. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1567
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