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▪ I. † dite, n.1 Obs. (After 1500 only Sc.)
Also 5 dete, dit, 5–6 dyt(e, Sc. dyit.
[a. OF. dit (12th c. in Littré) saying, speech:—L. dict-um that which is said, saying, word, f. dīcĕre to say; cf. dict. (The final e was app. a phonetic expedient to indicate the length of the ī; but in some 15th c. instances, it is difficult to say whether dite stands for this, or for ditty. See also dit n.1]
1. Something indited or composed and put in writing; a composition, writing; a written message, letter, ‘passage’, etc. to put in dite: to put in writing, put on record.
1340–70Alex. & Dind. 819 Sone sente he again his sel & his lettrus..To dindimus þe dere king þat þe dite radde. c1425Wyntoun Cron. viii. xix. 1 Here Wyntown poyntis in þis Dyte Quhat he gert of þis Tretis wryt. c1470Henry Wallace v. 540 Maister Jhone Blayr..That fyrst compild in dyt the Latyne buk Off Wallace lyff. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. I. 474 In haist ane epistill he gart write..contenand this same dyte. 1578Ps. cvi. in Scot. Poems 16th C. II. 107 Thy magnitude I will it put in dyte.
2. A composition in poetic form, or intended to be set to music; a song, a ditty.
a1325Prose Psalter xxxix [xl]. 4 And he laide gode worde in my mouþe, dite to our Lord [Vulg. carmen Deo nostro]. c1386? Chaucer Balade of Compleynt 16 Beseching you..Taccepte in worth this litel povre dyte. c1470Henry Wallace xi. 1431 All worthi men at redys this rurall dyt, Blaym nocht the buk. 1567Satir. Poems Reform. iii. 156 Sho the cause is of my wofull dyte.
3. Manner or mode of composition; form of speech; diction, language. Sc.
c1425Wyntoun Cron. iv. Prol. 3 A Tretys made to be publik, Fourme of dyte and fayre spekyng. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. (1858) I. 4 The kingis grace I knaw is nocht perfite In Latyn toung, and namelie in sic dyte It wilbe tedious..To reid the thing he can nocht vnderstand. 1549Compl. Scot. vi. 68 The guhilk dreyme i sal reherse in this gros dyit.
4. Clamour, vociferation. rare.
c1400Destr. Troy 5788 Cloudis with the clamour claterit aboue, Of the dit & þe dyn, þat to dethe went. Ibid. 11946 The dyn & the dite was dole for to here. Ibid. 1347, 8680.
▪ II. dite, n.2
Also dit.
Phr. not to care a dit(e): not to care at all. Cf. doit 2.
1907Westm. Gaz. 7 Sept. 13/1 ‘Don't care a dite,’ Sylvia said despondently. 1920Blackw. Mag. Oct. 488/2 ‘I suppose your major won't mind that?’ ‘Not a tuppenny dit.’
▪ III. † dite, v. Obs.
Also 5–6 dyt(e.
[a. OF. diter, earlier ditier (12th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), to write, compose:—L. dictāre, freq. of dīcĕre to say, tell (see dictate), mod.F. dicter. Perh. in some cases aphetic form of endite, indite. After 1500 mainly Sc. In early examples often difficult to distinguish from dight v., senses 1, 2, 6.]
1. trans. To compose or put in words (a set speech, poem, or writing); to indite. (Also absol.)
a1300Sat. People Kildare xiv. in E.E.P. (1862) 155 Worþ hit wer þat he wer king Þat ditid þis trie þing. c1440Promp. Parv. 123/2 Dytyn or indytyn letters and speche, dicto. c1450Henryson Mor. Fab. 16 So different are they in properties..My cunning is excluded for to dyte. 1535Coverdale Ps. xliv. 1 My hert is dytinge of a good matter. 1549Compl. Scot. x. 82 Quhou beit that the said poietical beuk be dytit oratourly. 1603Jas. I in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. i. III. 80, I suspecte ye have rather written then dyted it.
2. = dictate.
a. To utter or pronounce to a person (what he is to write).
b. To prescribe, lay down, impose, order.
The first quot. is doubtful; it may belong to dight v. 2.
a1400–50Alexander 3462 Aȝt daies all bedene he dites in his pistill For reuerence of Rosan to revell & halowe. 1536Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) I. 196 Origenes, ane singular man..with sa properant ingine, that he wald dite fastar than sevin practicians might suffice to write. 1563Davidson Answ. Kennedy in Wodr. Soc. Misc. (1844) 201 That quhilk the Haly Spirit dytit to them. a1598R. Rollock Wks. (1844) II. ix. 103 Pilate insisted earnestly to get Jesus, whom his conscience dited to be innocent, set free. 1643R. Baillie Lett. & Jrnls. (1841) II. 71 Dr. Strong dytes..his notes on the hard places of Scripture.
3. To summon, indict.
c1440Promp. Parv. 123/2 Dytyn or indytyn for trespace, indicto. c1450Henryson Mor. Fab. 43 Ane Schiref stout Whilk..hes with him ane cursed assyse about, And dytes all the poore men vpon land. a1500Thrie Priests Peblis (Jam.) Thay dyte your Lords, and heryis up your men. 1775S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions. (1783) I. 157 The grocer..would dite them for a nuisance.
▪ IV. dite
obs. form of dight, ditty. |