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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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