| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | in·dict |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n-d t |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: in·dict·ed, in·dict·ing, in·dicts
1. To accuse of wrongdoing; charge: a book that indicts modern values. 2. Law To make a formal accusation or indictment against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Alteration of Middle English enditen, to accuse, write a document. See indite. | | OTHER FORMS: | in dict·ee (nd-t ) —NOUN
in·dicter, in·dictor —NOUN
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