\In*dict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Indicted}; 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.