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▪ I. † ˈindicate, ppl. a. Obs.
[ad. L. indicāt-us, pa. pple. of indicāre: see next.]
Indicated.
1541R. Copland Galyen's Terap. 2 C ij b, I neuer founde curation that was indicate and shewed of the olde vlceres, nor of new.
▪ II. indicate, v.|ˈɪndɪkeɪt|
[ad. L. indicāt-, ppl. stem of indicāre to point out, show, mention, etc.; f. in- (in-2) + dicāre to make known: cf. index.]
1. trans. To point out, point to, make known, show (more or less distinctly). In Med., To point out as a remedy or course of treatment. pass. Of a course of action, treatment, etc.: to be pointed out or suggested as desirable or necessary. Also transf.
1651Wittie Primrose's Pop. Err. iv. viii. 237 It is an Axiome of Physicians; One thing is indicated or betokened by one... Whatsoever indicates any thing, doth indicate either the conservation or removeall of it selfe. 1661Glanvill Van. Dogm. v. 42 To suppose a Watch..by the blind bits of Chance..to indicate the hour, day of the Moneth, Tides, age of the Moon, and the like..were the more pardonable absurdity. 1767Gooch Treat. Wounds I. 381 The patient must submit to a spare, liquid diet, have his body kept open, and lose blood occasionally, as fever, inflammation, &c. shall indicate. c1780Cowper Jackdaw ii, Above the steeple shines a plate, That turns and turns, to indicate From what point blows the weather. 1880MacCormac Antisept. Surg. 30 In every case of strangulated hernia..such an operation as this would seem to be indicated. 1880Geikie Phys. Geog. ii. §9. 57 Under ordinary circumstances the thermometer indicates 212° as the temperature at which water boils. 1885Daily News 21 Dec. 3/8 The dotted lines indicate the extreme variations. 1886Brit. Med. Jrnl. 17 Apr. 750/1 Recourse to this method is more particularly indicated when the teeth to be replaced are front teeth. 1907Lancet 25 May 1462/1 Considering the great analogy which is presented between syphilis and leprosy..it seemed indicated to try on this patient the treatment by large doses of atoxyl. 1919Wodehouse Damsel in Distress xv. 184 Strategy, rather than force, seemed to the curate to be indicated. 1922W. R. Inge Lay Thoughts (1926) 235 Whenever a patient consults a doctor, the latter should always order some drug, even if drugs are not really indicated. 1946M. Peake Titus Groan 353 My dear ladies,..I feel that some hot coffee is indicated, but what do you feel? 1971Nature 31 Dec. 557/1 Further investigations of the directions of propagation and the presence of pacemaker function are certainly indicated. 1972Sci. Amer. May 80/2 Periodic measurement of arterial and central venous pressure, blood acidity and dissolved gases may be indicated in the management of patients with heart, kidney, lung or metabolic disorders.
2. a. To point to or towards the presence, existence, or reality of; to be a sign or symptom of, to betoken. Also with obj. clause, expressing a fact.
1706Phillips, To Indicate, to shew or discover; as This high Colour indicates some Inflammation. 1774Burke Corr. (1844) I. 517 The unusual mode of protesting on the address indicated a vigorous campaign. 1798Ferriar Illustr. Sterne iv. 102 Large noses..were considered as indicating prudence. 1814Scott Wav. xxxi, He..observed symptoms, which indicated a disposition in the Highlanders to take arms. 1833L. Ritchie Wand. by Loire 186 The masts of some vessels..indicate the proximity of the river. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. xxvii. 197 There was..no voice of joy to indicate that it was the pleasant Christmas time.
†b. intr. To point. Obs. rare.
1675R. Burthogge Causa Dei 305 A Symbol not obscurely indicating unto Jesus Christ.
3. trans. Of persons: To point out, direct attention to. Less usually, in literal sense, To point to with the hand or by gesture.
1808Bentham Sc. Reform 69 So, in regard to written or real evidence, A has not the document sought: but he indicates B, who is supposed to have it. 1829Lytton Devereux i. ii, An admirable plan, but liable to some little exceptions which Sir William will allow me to indicate. 1852Hawthorne Blithedale Rom. xi, The course you indicate would certainly be the proper one. 1853C. Brontë Villette viii, ‘Will you go backward or forward?’ she said, indicating with her hand, first the small door of the dwelling⁓house [etc.]. 1885L. Carroll Tangled T. ii. 9 She drew up the blind, and indicated the back garden.
4. To state or express, esp. to express briefly, lightly, or without detail or development; to give an indication of.
1751Harris Hermes i. viii. Wks. (1841) 158 If we simply declare or indicate something to be or not to be..this constitutes that mode called the declarative or indicative. 1846Grote Greece (1869) I. 237 The opinion long ago expressed by Heyne, and even indicated by Burmann. 1846Ellis Elgin Marb. II. 1 The waves are indicated on the plinth. 1855Bain Senses & Int. ii. i. §6 (1864) 84 My last argument is one that can only be indicated here; the full illustration belongs to a more advanced stage of the exposition.
Hence ˈindicated, ˈindicating ppl. adjs.
indicated (horse-) power, the working power of a steam-engine, shown by the indicator; so indicated duty.
1753N. Torriano Gangr. Sore Throat 30 A more indicating Pulse. 1855Mayne Expos. Lex., Indicating Days, the same as Critical days. 1875Ure Dict. Arts II. 812 Nominal horse-power is a conventional mode of describing the dimensions of a steam-engine..and bears no fixed relation to indicated or to effective horse-power. Ibid., The indicated power of different engines usually exceeds the nominal power [etc.]. 1885Pall Mall G. 8 May 8/1 The demarcation..of the line of frontier..as well as the placing of the indicating posts, will be reserved for Commissioners, which the two Governments will furnish with powers for this purpose.
Add:5. intr. or absol. Of a motorist: to signal one's intention to change direction, usu. by means of an indicator light; also with direction in advb. relation; trans., with obj. left (right) turn or cl.
1970A. T. Topper Very Advanced Driving 34 When you indicate for slight turns, a finger held on the controls reminds you. 1975Prosser & O'Brien Learning to drive with Hannah Gordon vi. 64 If you are following a driver who is indicating left, remember he will be slowing down for the corner. 1980A. J. Smith Learning to Drive i. 16 When you want to indicate that you are turning left you put the indicator up and when you want to indicate right, put the indicator down. 1984Guardian 10 Dec. 22/6 Please let everybody put the light switch, the horn, and the indicator switch (at least) in the same place, so that we don't squirt water when we want to indicate a left turn. 1987Times 11 Sept. 13/1 One witness to the accident said yesterday: ‘I knew the man was going to do it. I saw him indicating to the right.’ 1991Sunday Times 1 Sept. ii. 4/7 Keep calm, check the rearview mirror, indicate right, pass on the outside lane when it's safe, move into the centre lane. |