Indicate
(In"di*cate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Indicated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Indicating ] [L. indicatus, p. p. of
indicare to indicate; pref. in- in + dicare to proclaim; akin to dicere to say. See Diction, and cf. Indict,
Indite.]
1. To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
That turns and turns to indicate
From what point blows the weather.
Cowper. 2. (Med.) To show or manifest by symptoms; to point to as the proper remedies; as, great prostration of
strength indicates the use of stimulants.
3. (Mach.) To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator.
Syn. — To show; mark; signify; denote; discover; evidence; evince; manifest; declare; specify; explain; exhibit; present; reveal; disclose; display.
Indicated
(In"di*ca`ted) a. Shown; denoted; registered; measured.
Indicated power. See Indicated horse power, under Horse power.
Indication
(In`di*ca"tion) n. [L. indicatio: cf. F. indication.]
1. Act of pointing out or indicating.
2. That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence.
The frequent stops they make in the most convenient places are plain indications of their weariness.
Addison. 3. Discovery made; information. Bentley.
4. Explanation; display. [Obs.] Bacon.
5. (Med.) Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies.
Syn. — Proof; demonstration; sign; token; mark; evidence; signal.
Indicative
(In*dic"a*tive) a. [L. indicativus: cf. F. indicatif.]
1. Pointing out; bringing to notice; giving intimation or knowledge of something not visible or obvious.
That truth is productive of utility, and utility indicative of truth, may be thus proved.
Bp. Warburton. 2. (Fine Arts) Suggestive; representing the whole by a part, as a fleet by a ship, a forest by a tree, etc.
Indicative mood (Gram.), that mood or form of the verb which indicates, that is, which simply affirms
or denies or inquires; as, he writes; he is not writing; has the mail arrived?
Indicative
(In*dic"a*tive), n. (Gram.) The indicative mood.
Indicatively
(In*dic"a*tive*ly), adv. In an indicative manner; in a way to show or signify.
Indicator
(In"di*ca`tor) n. [L.: cf. F. indicateur.]
1. One who, or that which, shows or points out; as, a fare indicator in a street car.
2. (Mach.) A pressure gauge; a water gauge, as for a steam boiler; an apparatus or instrument for showing
the working of a machine or moving part; as: (a) (Steam Engine) An instrument which draws a diagram
