Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - indite

 transitive verb  (~d; inditing)  Etymology: Middle English enditen, from Anglo-French enditer to write, compose, from Vulgar Latin *indictare, frequentative of Latin indicere to make known formally, proclaim, from in- + dicere to say — more at diction  Date: 14th century  1.  a. make up, compose ~ a poem  b. to give literary or formal expression to  c. to put down in writing ~ a message  2. obsolete dictate  • ~r noun