 3 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Indicate \In"di*cate\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Indicated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Indicating}.] [L. indicatus, p. p. of indicare to
indicate; pref. in- in + dicare to proclaim; akin to dicere
to say. See {Diction}, and cf. {Indict}, {Indite}.]
1. To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to
show; to make known.
That turns and turns to indicate
From what point blows the weather. --Cowper.
2. (Med.) To show or manifest by symptoms; to point to as the
proper remedies; as, great prostration of strength
indicates the use of stimulants. Opposite of
{contraindicate}.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
3. (Mach.) To investigate the condition or power of, as of
steam engine, by means of an indicator.
Syn: To show; mark; signify; denote; discover; evidence;
evince; manifest; declare; specify; explain; exhibit;
present; reveal; disclose; display.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Indicated \In"di*ca'ted\, adjective
Shown; denoted; registered; measured.
{Indicated power}. See {Indicated horse power}, under {Horse
power}.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "indicated":
assumed, augured, called for, essential, foreshadowed, foreshown,
foretokened, hinted, implicated, implied, indispensable, inferred,
intimated, involved, irreducible, irreductible, irreplaceable,
meant, necessary, needed, needful, predicted, prefigured,
preindicated, prerequisite, presaged, presignified, presumed,
presupposed, pretypified, prognosticated, promised, required,
requisite, signified, suggested, supposed, threatened, unforgoable,
vital, wanted
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