— indagation , n. — indagative , adj. — indagator , n.
/in"deuh gayt'/ , v.t., indagated, indagating . Archaic.
to investigate; research.
[ 1615-25; indagatus, ptp. of indagare to track down, v. deriv. of indago ring of beaters, nets, etc., for trapping game, equiv. to ind-, by-form of in- IN- 2 (see ENDO-) + -ago, deriv. of agere to drive (cf. AMBAGES) ]