Indict (&ibreve_;ndīt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indicted (&ibreve_;ndīt&ebreve_;d); p. pr. & vb. n. Indicting.] [OE. enditen. See Indite.]
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1. To write; to compose; to dictate; to indite. [Obs.]
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2. To appoint publicly or by authority; to proclaim or announce. [Obs.]
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I am told shall have no Lent indicted this year. Evelyn.
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3. (Law) To charge with a crime, in due form of law, by the finding or presentment of a grand jury; to bring an indictment against; as, to indict a man for arson. It is the peculiar province of a grand jury to indict, as it is of a house of representatives to impeach.
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