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indicate (iou)



indicate verb trans. Pa. pple -ated, (earlier) -ate. E17.
[Latin indicat- pa. ppl stem of indicare, formed as IN-2 + dicare proclaim: see -ATE3.]
Point out or to, make known, show; (of a meter etc.) register a reading of; (esp. Medicine) suggest as a desirable or necessary course of action (usu. in pass.). E17.
British Medical Journal Recourse to this method is..indicated when the teeth to be replaced are front teeth. P. G. Wodehouse Strategy, rather than force, seemed to the curate to be indicated. J. Marquand The rather battered silver travelling clock..indicated that the hour was a quarter past six. N. Mailer I mention this as a way of indicating how hard it was to locate his place.
b. Of a person: direct attention to (by speech or writing, occas. by gesture). E19.
C. Hampton He indicates a pile of books on a table by the bed.
Point to the presence, existence, or reality of; be a sign or symptom of; imply. E18.
N. Symington Then she said something which indicated a powerful resentment of me. D. W. Goodwin Studies indicate that most of the drinking drivers are..serious problem drinkers.
State or express briefly; give an indication of. M18.
A. Bain My last argument..can only be indicated here; the full illustration belongs to a more advanced stage of the exposition. O. Manning Quintin indicated he could find his own way up to the drawing-room.