dic-, dict- +

A letter or series of letters unintentionally repeated by a scribe in copying.

1. A passage containing accidentally reduplicated syllables, letters, etc.
2. A letter or word repeated unintentionally in writing or copying.

Double writing; the unintentional repetition of a letter or word, or series of letters or words, by a copyist.

Two different interpretations of the same text.

A short, simple, version of a popular song (or the words of a poem intended to be sung).

1. That which is proclaimed by authority as a rule of action; an order issued by a sovereign to his subjects; an ordinance or proclamation having the force of law; especially, the edicts of the Roman praetors, and subsequently of the emperors, and of the French monarchs.

Edict of Nantes, an edict issued by Henry IV of France, granting toleration to the Protestants; revoked by Louis XIV.

2. The name of a writ whereby all concerned were called by proclamation at the market cross or church-door, to appear for their interest in some cause.

The term is used in ecclesiastical law for certain notices made to a congregation from the pulpit.

Edict, command.

1. To point out, point to, make known, show (more or less distinctly).
2. In medicine, to point out as a remedy or course of treatment.
3. Of a course of action, treatment, etc.: to be pointed out or suggested as desirable or necessary.
4. To point to or towards the presence, existence, or reality of; to be a sign or symptom of, to betoken.
5. To point out, direct attention to; in a literal sense, to point to with the hand or by gesture.
6. To state or express, especially, to express briefly, lightly, or without detail or development; to give an indication of.

1. The action of indicating, pointing out, or making known; that in which this is embodied; a hint, suggestion, or piece of information from which more may be inferred.
2. In medicine, a suggestion or direction as to the treatment of a disease, derived from the symptoms observed.
3. The degree of some physical state, as pressure, temperature, etc., indicated by an instrument, as a barometer, anemometer, thermometer, etc.; the reading of a graduated instrument.

1. That which points out, states, or declares: applied to that mood of a verb of which the essential function is to state a relation of objective fact between the subject and predicate (as opposed to a relation merely conceived, thought of, or wished, by the speaker).
2. Of the form of a statement: having the verb in the indicative mood; assertive of objective fact.
3. That which indicates, points out, or directs; that which hints or suggests.

1. One who or that which points out, or directs attention to, something.
2. That which serves to indicate or give a suggestion of something; an indication of.
3. A mechanical device or recording instrument that indicates the condition of the apparatus, etc., to which it is attached.

To bring a charge against; to accuse (a person) for a crime, as a culprit, especially, by a legal process.

1. The action of ordaining or announcing authoritatively and publicly; an appointment, declaration, proclamation.
2. The decree or proclamation of the Roman Emperors fixing the valuation on which the property-tax was assessed at the beginning of each period of fifteen years; hence, the tax or subsidy paid on the basis of this assessment.

1. A formal accusation of a serious crime, presented to a grand jury.
2. The action of indicting or accusing, a formal accusation; specifically, in English Law, the legal process in which a formal accusation is preferred to and presented by a Grand Jury. Hence the phrases to bring in or lay an indictment, and (of the Grand Jury) to find an indictment.
3. The legal document containing the charge; a written accusation of one or more persons of a crime or misdemeanor, preferred to, and presented upon oath by, a grand jury.

1. To write, to produce, or to compose, a literary work; such as, a poem, a letter, or a speech.
2. To treat in a literary composition.