condite

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/ˈkɒndaɪt/

verb

To pickle; to preserve.

“to condite pears, quinces, etc.”

OriginLatin condītus →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person condites · participle present conditing · participle past condited · past condited

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo pickle; to preserve.

    to condite pears, quinces, etc.

    1 more example

    condite the bodies

    1651, Jeremy Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying
adjectivecondite (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoletePreserved; pickled.

    Such are puddings stuffed with blood, or otherwise composed; baked meats, soused indurate meats, fried and broiled, buttered meats, condite, powdered and over-dried;

    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
nouncondite (countable and uncountable, plural condites)

plural condites

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableA preserve

Origin

  1. Latincondītus
  2. Englishcondite

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

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “condite,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/condite.

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