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indite

/in-dahyt/US // ɪnˈdaɪt //UK // (ɪnˈdaɪt) //

咬文嚼字,咬字,咬牙切齿,咬咬牙

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    in·dit·ed, in·dit·ing.

    • : to compose or write, as a poem.
    • : to treat in a literary composition.
    • : Obsolete. to dictate.
    • : Obsolete. to prescribe.

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Examples

  • He could converse with any number of persons, and indite a letter at the same time, without being in any wise confused.

  • Dear Sir,—I am with much pleasure to indite you about your name that has come to my hand with great joy.

  • Les derniers jours de la grande arme; ou, Souvenirs, documents, et correspondance indite de Napolon en 1814 et 1815.

  • The minor that wrote sonnets has only to come of age, and feel that he can indite a check, to be cured of his love fever.

  • It is not the climate I am inveighing against; it is the Gothic, diabolical ideas of the people I indite.