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subˈindicate, v.
[f. pa. ppl. stem of late L. subindicāre: see sub- 22 and indicate v.]
trans. To indicate indirectly; to hint. So subindiˈcation, a slight indication or token; subinˈdicative a., indirectly indicative or suggestive. (All Obs. or arch.)
1655–87H. More App. Antid. (1712) 200 Rather obscure sub-indications of the necessary Existence of a God. 1659― Immort. Soul ii. x. 222 This Spirit of the World has Faculties that work..fatally or naturally, as several Gamaieu's we meet withall in Nature seem somewhat obscurely to sub-indicate. a1677Barrow Serm. (1686) III. 513 They served to the subindication and shadowing of heavenly things. 1681H. More Expos. Dan. vi. 233 It is an hint and a sufficiently certain though something obscure subindication. 1822Lamb Elia i. Old Actors, With that sort of subindicative token of respect which one is apt to demonstrate towards a venerable stranger. |