condite

English

Etymology

From Latin condītus, past participle of condīre (to preserve, pickle, season). Related to condiment. See also recondite.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɒndaɪt/

Verb

condite (third-person singular simple present condites, present participle conditing, simple past and past participle condited)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To pickle; to preserve.
    to condite pears, quinces, etc.
    • 1651, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying:
      condite the bodies

Adjective

condite (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Preserved; pickled.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: [], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: [] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition I, section 2, member 2, subsection i:
      Such are puddings stuffed with blood, or otherwise composed; baked meats, soused indurate meats, fried and broiled, buttered meats, condite, powdered and over-dried;

Noun

condite (countable and uncountable, plural condites)

  1. (obsolete) A preserve

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Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

condite

  1. inflection of condire:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

condite f pl

  1. feminine plural of condito

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Latin

Verb

condīte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of condiō

Verb

condite

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of condō

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Spanish

Verb

condite

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of condir combined with te