In*dict" (-dīt"), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Indicted (-
dīt"ĕd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Indicting.] [OE. enditen. See Indite.]
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.