Middle English Dictionary Entry
adīten v.
Entry Info
| Forms | adīten v. |
| Etymology | Cp. endīten . |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To write or compose (a letter); (b) to accuse (sb.), indict; also, to condemn.
Associated quotations
a
- c1330(?c1300) Bevis (Auch)3140 : A leter he let for to write, In þis maner he dede it adite [vr. endite].
- a1450-1509 Rich.(Brunner)1182 : Kyng Rychard dede a lettre wryte -- A noble clerk it gan adyte [vr. endyte].
b
- c1400(?c1380) Pearl (Nero A.10)349 : Deme Dryȝtyn, euer hym adyte.
- (1423) Plea & Mem.in Bk.Lond.E.135 : We presente and endyte White Carpenter and his wif for as comyn Bawdys as ony in london..and tweys han bien a-dityd be-fore this tyme.
- a1450 The tixt of holy writ (Dgb 102)99 : She..sayde, 'my werkys me adyte And bryngen me in wikked fame.'