different between indite vs implicate

English

Etymology 1

Originally a variant of indict; from Middle English enditen, endyten, from Old French enditer, from Late Latin indict?re, from in- +? dictare (“to declare”).

Alternative forms

• endite

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /?n?da?t/
• Homophone: indict
• Rhymes: -a?t

Verb

indite (third-person singular simple present indites, present participle inditing, simple past and past participle indited)

1. (transitive) To physically make letters and words on a writing surface; to inscribe.
2. (transitive) To write, especially a literary or artistic work; to compose.
   • 1844, E. A. Poe, Marginalia

     It is certain that the mere act of inditing tends, in a great degree, to the logicalisation of thought. Whenever, on account of its vagueness, I am dissatisfied with a conception of the brain, I resort forthwith to the pen, for the purpose of obtaining, through its aid, the necessary form, consequence, and precision.
3. To dictate; to prompt.

   • My heart is inditing a good matter.

   • 1744 (first published), Robert South, Five additional volumes of sermons preached upon several occasions

     Could a common grief have indited such expressions?

4. (obsolete) To invite or ask.
5. (obsolete) To indict; to accuse; to censure.

   • the wonder that my wit cannot endite

Translations

Etymology 2

indium +? -ite

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /??nda?t/

Noun

indite (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy) An extremely rare indium-iron sulfide mineral.

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Indite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “indite”, in Mindat.org?^[3], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.
• indite at OneLook Dictionary Search
• indite in RRUFF™ Project

Anagrams

• -tidine, dinite, inited, tied in, tineid

Italian

Verb

indite

1. second-person plural present indicative of indire
2. second-person plural imperative of indire

Anagrams

• nitide

Latin

Verb

indite

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ind?

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin implicatus < implico (“entangle, involve”), from plico (“fold”). Doublet of imply and employ.

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /??mpl?ke?t/
• (noun) IPA^(key): /??mpl?k?t/

Verb

implicate (third-person singular simple present implicates, present participle implicating, simple past and past participle implicated)

1. (transitive, with “in”) To show to be connected or involved in an unfavorable or criminal way.

2. To imply, to have as a necessary consequence or accompaniment.

3. (pragmatics) To imply without entailing; to have as an implicature.
4. (archaic) To fold or twist together, intertwine, interlace, entangle, entwine.

Related terms

• implication
• implicative
• implicature
• implicit
• implicitness
• imply

Translations

Noun

implicate (plural implicates)

1. (philosophy) The thing implied.

See also

• (connect with a crime): grass, inform, squeal

Italian

Verb

implicate

1. second-person plural present of implicare
2. second-person plural imperative of implicare
3. feminine plural past participle of implicare

Latin

Participle

implic?te

1. vocative masculine singular of implic?tus