indict Meaning, Definition & Usage

In*dict" transitive verb

Etymology

OE. enditen. See Indite.

Wordforms

imperfect & past participle Indicted ; present participle & verbal noun Indicting

Definitions

1. To write; to compose; to dictate; to indite. Obs.
2. To appoint publicly or by authority; to proclaim or announce. Obs.

   I am told shall have no Lent indicted this year. Evelyn.

3. (Law) To charge with a crime, in due form of law, by the finding or presentment of a grand jury; to find 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.