Indicative \In*dic"a*tive\, a. [L. indicativus: cf. F.
indicatif.]
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1. Pointing out; bringing to notice; giving intimation or
knowledge of something not visible or obvious.
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That truth is productive of utility, and utility
indicative of truth, may be thus proved. --Bp.
Warburton.
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2. (Fine Arts) Suggestive; representing the whole by a part,
as a fleet by a ship, a forest by a tree, etc.
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Indicative mood (Gram.), that mood or form of the verb
which indicates, that is, which simply affirms or denies
or inquires; as, he writes; he is not writing; has the
mail arrived?
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
indicative mood
n : a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or
state as an objective fact [syn: indicative, declarative
mood, declarative, common mood, fact mood]
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