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The pronunciation of INDICT
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2009/12/13 - 7:53am
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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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2009/12/19 - 9:35pm
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It seems "indict" is an erroneous form of "indite" but the spoken word of the latter has remained intact.

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2009/12/20 - 5:57am
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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.

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