indagate

[in-duh-geyt]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

Archaic.

indagated, indagating

to investigate; research.

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Other Word Forms

indagation noun
indagative adjective
indagator noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of indagate¹

1615–25; < Latin ��Ի��岵��ٳܲ�, past participle of ��Ի��岵�� to track down, verbal derivative of ��Ի��岵ō ring of beaters, nets, etc., for trapping game, equivalent to ind-, by-form of in- in- ² ( endo- ) + -�岵ō, derivative of agere to drive ( ambages )

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Example Sentences

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Indagate, in′da-gāt, v.t. to search out.—n.

From

indaba indamine

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