Obs. Also 6 condyte, (-duit, -dict). [ad. L. condīt-us, pa. pple. of condī-re to season, pickle, preserve, an accessory form of condĕre to put or lay together, lay or store up, preserve, pickle, etc.: see next.] Preserved, pickled; seasoned. (Often construed as a pple.)
c. 1420. Pallad. on Husb., VI. 222. Other condite hem [i.e., roses] kepe in pottes clene.
1533. Elyot, Cast. Helthe, II. vii. (1541), 23. Olyves condite in salte lykoure, taken at the begynnynge of a meale doth corroborate the Stomake.
1544. Phaër, Regim. (1550), B viij b. Take once in a wieke, a mirobolane conduit.
1620. Venner, Via Recta, vi. 106. Greene condite Ginger.
1633. Treas. Hid. Secrets, x. Plummes condict in sirrop.
1639. Anchoran, Gate of Tongues, 120. Most of the messes … are wont to be sprinkled with the powder of spices, or to bee condite with aromaticke confections.
