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December 13, 2009 12:53 am
Does anyone know why the pronunciation of "-dict" /-dīt/ in word "indict" is so unusual as compared to that /-dict/ in words deriving from the same latin root such as "predict, verdict, edict, contradict, interdict etc."?
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December 19, 2009 2:35 pm
It seems "indict" is an erroneous form of "indite" but the spoken word of the latter has remained intact.
December 19, 2009 10:57 pm
That's all I had the time to find as well. I had hoped to find out more why the two forms developed in the first place for this unique word, and then why the meanings diverged. No gold so far.