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To prepare for action or use; to make ready; to dight. [Obs.] His hideous club aloft he dites. Spenser.

See Colophene.

A beautiful butterfly (Argunnis Aphrodite) of the United States.

The basal joint of the legs of Crustacea.

A hydrous sulphate of magnesium and sodium.

A variety of spinel, of a dark color, found at Candy, in Ceylon.

A fluosilicate of magnesia and iron, yellow to red in color, often occurring in granular form in a crystalline limestone.

A variety of albite, white and lamellar in structure.

To pickle; to preserve; as, to condite pears, quinces, etc. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

cut to length. A variety containing less nitroglycerin than the original is known as cordite M. D.

, adv. Hopelessly; despairingly; in the manner of one ruined; as, deperditely wicked. [Archaic]

See Indite. Spenser.

The internal or principal branch of the locomotive appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilliped.

The outer branch of the legs in certain Crustacea. See Maxilliped.

Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned. "A most erudite prince." Sir T. More. "Erudite . . . theology." I. Taylor. -- Er"u*dite`ly, adv. -- Er"u*dite`ness, n.

The external branch of the appendages of Crustacea.

Free of impediment; unimpeded. To make the way plain and expedite. Hooker.

In expedite manner; expeditiously.

Quality of being expedite.

To deliver up by one government to another, as a fugitive from justice. See Extradition.