Indicating

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Indicate \In"di*cate\, v. t. [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}.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to


        show; to make known.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              That turns and turns to indicate
              From what point blows the weather.    --Cowper.
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     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.
          [1913 Webster]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "indicating":
     connotative, demonstrative, denominative, denotative, designative,
     diagnostic, emblematic, evidential, exhibitive, expressive,
     figural, figurative, identifying, ideographic, idiosyncratic,
     implicative, indicative, indicatory, individual, meaningful,
     metaphorical, naming, pathognomonic, peculiar, representative,
     semantic, semiotic, signalizing, significant, significative,
     signifying, suggestive, symbolic, symbolistic, symbological,
     symptomatic, symptomatologic, typical