In-dīct′, v. t.

(in-dīt′), v. t. [imp. & p. p. INDICTED; p. pr. & vb. n. INDICTING.] [Lat. indicere, indictum, to proclaim, from prefix in and dicere, to say, speak; O. Fr. endicter, enditer.] 1. To appoint publicly or by authority; to proclaim. [Obs. and rare.] I am told we shall have no Lent indicted this year. Evelyn. 2. (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;—followed by for; as, to indict for arson. It is the peculiar province of a grand jury to indict, as it is of a house of representatives to impeach.