In*dite", v. i. To compose; to write, as a poem.
Wounded I sing, tormented I indite.
Herbert.
In*dite"ment (?), n. [Cf. Indictment.] The act of inditing. Craig.
In*dit"er (?), n. One who indites. Smart.
In"di*um (?), n. [NL. See Indigo.] (Chem.) A rare metallic element,
discovered in certain ores of zinc, by means of its characteristic
spectrum of two indigo blue lines; hence, its name. In appearance it
resembles zinc, being white or lead gray, soft, malleable and easily
fusible, but in its chemical relation it resembles aluminium or
gallium. Symbol In. Atomic weight, 113.4.
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In`di*vert"i*ble (n`d*vrt"*b'l), a. Not to be diverted or turned aside.
[R.] Lamb.
In`di*vid"a*ble (?), a. Indivisible. [R.] Shak.
In`di*vid"ed, a. Undivided. [R.] Bp. Patrick.
In`di*vid"u*al (?; 135), a. [L. individuus indivisible; pref. in- not +
dividuus divisible, fr. dividere to divide: cf. F. individuel. See
Divide.]
1. Not divided, or not to be divided; existing as one entity, or
distinct being or object; single; one; as, an individual man, animal,
or city.
Mind has a being of its own, distinct from that of all other
things, and is pure, unmingled, individual substance.
A. Tucker.
United as one individual soul.
Milton.
2. Of or pertaining to one only; peculiar to, or characteristic of, a
single person or thing; distinctive; as, individual traits of
character; individual exertions; individual peculiarities.
In`di*vid"u*al, n. 1. A single person, animal, or thing of any kind; a
thing or being incapable of separation or division, without losing its
identity; especially, a human being; a person. Cowper.
An object which is in the strict and primary sense one, and can not
be logically divided, is called an individual.
Whately.
That individuals die, his will ordains.
Dryden.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) An independent, or partially independent, zooid of a
compound animal. (b) The product of a single egg, whether it remains a
single animal or becomes compound by budding or fission.