INDICATIVE


Meaning of INDICATIVE in English

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) ]

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