indite

To physically make (letters and words) on a writing surface; to inscribe.

To write (something, especially a literary or artistic work); to compose.

From a VVriter of Books, our Author is already dvvindled to a Preface-monger, and from Prefaces I am confident he may in a ſhort time be improved to endite Tickets for the Bear-Garden.

It is certain that the mere act of inditing tends, in a great degree, to the logicalisation of thought. Whenever, on account of its vagueness, I am dissatisfied with a conception of the brain, I resort forthwith to the pen, for the purpose of obtaining, through its aid, the necessary form, consequence, and precision.

To dictate (something); to prompt.

My heart is inditing a good matter.

Could a common grief have indited such expressions?

To ask or invite (someone).

She vvill endite him to ſome ſupper.

To indict (someone); to accuse; to censure.

the wonder that my wit cannot endite

Two cases of cattle-stealing were dealt with, in which three natives were indited, two males, and one female. The two men were found guilty […]

An extremely rare indium-iron sulfide mineral.