indict
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdaɪt/
The English word “indict” has 2 meanings listed here.
verb
- To accuse of wrongdoing; charge.
- To make a formal accusation or indictment for a crime against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury.
Etymology
From Middle English enditen, endyten (“to accuse”), from Old French enditer (“to dictate, indite”), from Late Latin indictāre, frequentative of Latin indicere (“to proclaim”), from in- + dicere (“to say”), or from in- + dictāre (“to say often, to dictate”). Doublet of indite. The irregular spelling is due to the word having been borrowed into Middle English from Old French, and not from Latin as…
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