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indicative |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Indicative \In*dic"a*tive\, n. (Gram.) The indicative mood. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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? From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: indicative adj 1: (grammar) relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple declarative statements; "indicative mood" [syn: {declarative}] 2: having a covert or special meaning [syn: {significative}, {suggestive}] n : a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact [syn: {indicative mood}, {declarative mood}, {declarative}, {common mood}, {fact mood}]
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