adj. & n.
adj. 1 (foll. by of) suggestive; serving as an indication. 2 Gram. (of a mood) denoting simple statement of a fact.
n. Gram. 1 the indicative mood. 2 a verb in this mood. indicatively adv.
[ ME f. F indicatif -ive f. LL indicativus (as INDICATE) ]