1. (v. t.) 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.

2. (v. t.) To write; to compose; to dictate.

3. (v. t.) To appoint publicly or by authority; to proclaim or announce.

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