inditing, vbl. n.
(ɪnˈdaɪtɪŋ)
[f. indite v. + -ing1.]
a. The action of the verb indite; composition. b. A thing indited, a literary composition, a treatise, poem, letter, etc.
| 1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 243 Dereworþe dindimus þe enditinge hurde. 1388 Wyclif 2nd Prol. Job, Fro the begynnyng of the volume vnto the woordis of Job, anent the Ebruys the enditing is prose. c 1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. (E.E.T.S.) 106 Þe endytynge ys þe body and þe writynge ys þe clethynge of wordys and spekynge. 1500–20 Dunbar Poems lix. 15 He hes indorsit myn indytting With versis off his [awin] hand vrytting. 1553 T. Wilson Rhet. 172 There are three maner of stiles or inditynges. 1579 G. Harvey Letter-bk. (Camden) 76 Affectinge the comendation of an eloquent..style by overcurious and statelye enditinge. 1604 R. Armin in Nest Ninn. (1842) Introd., The Booke of her owne indighting. 1708 Brit. Apollo No. 20. 3/1 For Letters and Writings, Of other's Indicting. 1749 Fielding Tom Jones xviii. x, It was all his own invention, and the letter of his inditing. |