Thursday, September 15, 2016

indict, indite

Indict or indict means to formally charge with a crime, or to accuse of wrongdoing  --
The grand jury has decided to indict him for murder.
The district attorney doesn't want to indict him unless he thinks he can win a conviction.

Indite or indite ( rhymes with indict ) means to write or compose, most commonly used to mean a speech or address of some kind --
That's where he goes to indite his weekly sermon.
Can you help him indite his farewell speech?

Now that you know that, you can say --
"He went to the office to indite an article on his decision to indict the famous entertainer."

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