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Even in the White House he never dictated or used a typewriter, "and the number of letters he could indite with his own heavy fist was limited."

From Time Magazine Archive

He that would triumph over the petty trickery of fate must indite history at its source.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Among intimate friends, it is sometimes most courteous, when declining an invitation, in place of a mere formal "regret" to indite a less ceremonious note, briefly explanatory, or apologetic.

From The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews by Henry Lunettes

Then I desir'd her to indite a Letter for me, for I saw well enough I shou'd not please her.

From Olinda's Adventures: or the Amours of a Young Lady by Anonymous

May it please your Holiness There are possibly two, Or it may be three, Men In Europe Who could indite this Ode Without treading on anybody's corns.

From Outlook Odes by T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson) Crosland

Death hesitates, but, urged by Fate, he indites his answer, refusing to comply with Lucifer’s request. 

From The Visions of the Sleeping Bard by Robert Gwyneddon Davies

When Mr. Harlowe condescends to sign his much valued Name, the dictatorial Spirit of an indulged tyrannic Disposition indites every arbitrary Command.

From Remarks on Clarissa (1749) by Sarah Fielding

Does not one friend who indites many letters, unanswered, to another, thereby heap coals of fire upon somebody's head as effectually as if he fed the hungry?

From Early Letters of George Wm. Curtis by George Willis Cooke

While his meal is being served in his parlor, he indites a note to Hardin's political Mark Antony.

From The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance by Richard Savage

Every day she sits in the sunshine and reads her books or indites letters to her friends.

From Rosemary and Rue by Amber

Soon the compromise was indited, the bargain between miners and owners sealed, the strike averted.

From Time Magazine Archive

He indited the script to "Emperors, Kings, Dukes, Marquises, Earls and Knights," full knowing that the house of Polo would profit by the advertisement.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rushing to Washington, Congressman Linthicum indited invitations to all 71st House members to attend a Wet Bloc organization meeting early in December.

From Time Magazine Archive

Readers ascertained on closer scrutiny that Mr. Rogers was permitting this journal to publish a series of open epistles indited by him to Calvin Coolidge.

From Time Magazine Archive

"That is tenderly and beautifully indited, Mr Crabbin," answered she.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 by Various

His first halt was at a village called Hoser, where he halted for one night, which he employed in inditing the report to Pekin, which described the successes and movements of the previous three weeks.

From The Life of Yakoob Beg Athalik Ghazi, and Badaulet; Ameer of Kashgar by Demetrius Charles Boulger

While some write sitting, some, like Bayes, Usually stand while they're inditing.

From Methods of Authors by Hugo Erichsen

If this be true, the inditing such a preface, while totally suppressing Prichard's name, does little credit to Hyde.

From Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century by William Dunn Macray

I fancied it would be so pleasant to present her with a volume of my own inditing.

From Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. by William Davy Watson

The daily habit of inditing songs for music to please the ladies of the Medicean household, had accustomed him to the use of fluent Italian.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by John Addington Symonds