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noun
An extremely rare indium-iron sulfide mineral.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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verb
To physically make (letters and words) on a writing surface; to inscribe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To write (something, especially a literary or artistic work); to compose.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To dictate (something); to prompt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To ask or invite (someone).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
To indict (someone); to accuse; to censure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
produce a literary work
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: write, compose, pen
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Broader terms: create verbally
Narrower terms: draw, lyric, write on, write of, write about, profile, paragraph, write off, dash off, scratch off, knock off, toss off, fling off, rewrite, write copy, dramatize, dramatise, adopt, draft, outline, verse, versify, poetize, poetise, author, annotate, footnote, reference, cite, write out, write up, script
History
From indium + -ite.
Originally a variant of indict; from Middle English enditen, endyten, from Old French enditer, from Late Latin indictāre, from in- + dictare (“to declare”). Doublet of indict.
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
