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in - dı̄t ´: the King James Version Psalm 45:1 , "My heart is inditing a good matter"; the Revised Version (British and American) "My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter," is in harmony with רחשׁ , rāḥash , "to bubble up"; compare Septuagint ἐξηρεύξατο , exēreúxato , "to pour out." "Indite" in English is becoming obsolete. It may mean "to dictate," "to invite," "to compose." In the latter meaning it is used in the above passage.