indicatev.

Brit.

/ˈɪndᵻkeɪt/, U.S.

/ˈɪndəˌkeɪt/

Etymology: < Latin indicāt-, participial stem of indicāre to point out, show, mention, etc.; < in- (in- prefix³) + dicāre to make known: compare index n.

1. transitive. To point out, point to, make known, show (more or less distinctly). In Medicine, To point out as a remedy or course of treatment. passive. Of a course of action, treatment, etc.: to be pointed out or suggested as desirable or necessary. Also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > pointing out > point out [verb (transitive)]

teacha900

showa1225

brevea1377

ensign1477

point1477

note1521

demonstrate1534

appointa1547

to put (also lay) one's (also the) finger on1574

remark1592

outpoint1595

finger1619

clewa1625

notice1627

denote1632

indicate1651

to index outa1796

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > symptom > be a symptom of [verb (transitive)] > point out as a remedy

indicate1651

society > communication > indication > [verb (passive)] > be indicated as necessary or desirable

indicate1880

1651 R. Wittie tr. J. Primrose Pop. Errours 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.

1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing 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.

1767 B. Gooch Pract. 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.

c1780 W. Cowper Jackdaw ii Above the steeple shines a plate, That turns and turns, to indicate From what point blows the weather.

1880 W. MacCormac Antiseptic Surg. 30 In every case of strangulated hernia..such an operation as this would seem to be indicated.

1880 A. Geikie Elem. Lessons Physical Geogr. (new ed.) ii. §9. 57 Under ordinary circumstances the thermometer indicates 212° as the temperature at which water boils.

1885 Daily News 21 Dec. 3/8 The dotted lines indicate the extreme variations.

1886 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 17 Apr. 750/1 Recourse to this method is more particularly indicated when the teeth to be replaced are front teeth.

1907 Lancet 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.

1919 P. G. Wodehouse Damsel in Distress xv. 184 Strategy, rather than force, seemed to the curate to be indicated.

1922 W. 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.

1946 M. Peake Titus Groan 353 My dear ladies,..I feel that some hot coffee is indicated, but what do you feel?

1971 Nature 31 Dec. 557/1 Further investigations of the directions of propagation and the presence of pacemaker function are certainly indicated.

1972 Sci. 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.

a. To point to or towards the presence, existence, or reality of; to be a sign or symptom of, to betoken. Also with object clause, expressing a fact.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > [verb (transitive)]

tokenc888

sayOE

tellc1175

note?c1225

signifyc1275

notifyc1390

signc1390

ossc1400

testify1445

point1477

betoken1486

indike?1541

demonstrate1558

to give show of1567

argue1585

portend1590

speak1594

denotate1597

denote1597

evidence1610

instance1616

bespeak1629

resent1638

indict1653

notificate1653

indicate1706

exhibit1799

to body forth1821

signalize1825

to speak for ——1832

index1862

signal1866

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) To Indicate, to shew or discover; as This high Colour indicates some Inflammation.

1774 E. Burke Corr. (1844) I. 517 The unusual mode of protesting on the address indicated a vigorous campaign.

1798 J. Ferriar Illustr. Sterne iv. 102 Large noses..were considered as indicating prudence.

1814 W. Scott Waverley II. viii. 145 He..observed symptoms which indicated a disposition in the Highlanders to take arms.

1833 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Loire 186 The masts of some vessels..indicate the proximity of the river.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxvii. 197 There was..no voice of joy to indicate that it was the pleasant Christmas time.

†b. intransitive. To point. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > hand gesture > [verb (intransitive)] > finger gesture > point

mintc1450

point1485

note1517

indicate1675

1675 R. Burthogge Cavsa Dei 305 A Symbol not obscurely indicating unto Jesus Christ.

3. transitive. Of persons: To point out, direct attention to. Less usually, in literal sense, To point to with the hand or by gesture.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > hand gesture > [verb (transitive)] > express with fingers > point to

showa1225

fingera1425

point1477

indigit1603

indigitate1623

digit1628

digitate1658

digitize1736

indicate1808

1808 J. Bentham 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.

1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. i. ii. 11 An admirable plan,..but liable to some little exceptions, which Sir William will allow me to indicate.

1852 N. Hawthorne Blithedale Romance xi. 112 The course you indicate would certainly be the proper one.

1853 C. Brontë Villette I. viii. 148 ‘Will you,’ said she, ‘go backward or forward?’ indicating with her hand, first, the small door of communication with the dwellinghouse [etc.].

1885 ‘L. Carroll’ Tangled Tale 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.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > hint at or suggest [verb (transitive)]

inkle1340

induce1481

alludec1487

signifya1535

insinuate1561

to glance at (upon, against)1570

thrust1574

imply1581

adumbrate1589

intimate1590

innuate?1611

glancea1616

ministera1616

perstringea1620

shadow1621

subinduce1640

involve1646

equivocate1648

hint1648

subindicate1654

hint at1697

suggest1697

indicate1751

surmise1820

to get at ——1875

1751 J. Harris Hermes i. viii. 141 If we simply declare or indicate something to be or not to be..this constitutes that Mode, called the Declarative or Indicative.

1833 H. Ellis Elgin Marbles II. i. 1 The waves are indicated on the plinth.

1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece I. i. xiii. 332 The opinion long ago expressed by Heyne, and even indicated by Burmann.

1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect i. i. 80 My last argument is one that can only be indicated here, the full illustration belongs to a more advanced stage of the exposition.

Derivatives

ˈindicated adj. indicated (horse-) power, the working power of a steam-engine, shown by the indicator n.; so indicated duty.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > [adjective] > indicated

signified?c1425

indicate?1541

tokeneda1616

indicated1875

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun] > power of

indicated (horse-) power1875

(at) full (half, etc.) steam1878

1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) 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.

1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) II. 812 The indicated power of different engines usually exceeds the nominal power [etc.].

ˈindicating adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > [adjective] > indicating or indicative of

talkative1509

indicant1607

denotative1611

indicative1665

notifying1680

expressive1713

indicating1753

impressive1791

indicatory1798

redolent1828

denotive1830

indiciala1849

indexical1897

society > communication > indication > pointing out > [adjective]

indicative1624

referential1660

indicatory1742

indicating1753

1753 N. Torriano tr. J. B. L. Chomel Hist. Diss. Gangrenous Sore Throat 30 A more indicating Pulse.

1855 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Indicating Days, the same as Critical days.

1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 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.

Draft additions 1993

5. intransitive or absol. Of a motorist: to signal one's intention to change direction, usually by means of an indicator light; also with direction in adverbial relation; transitive, with object left (right) turn or clause.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > driver or operator of a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > signal intent to change direction

signal1940

indicate1970

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > driver or operator of a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > signal intent to change direction

indicate1970

1970 A. T. Topper Very Adv. Driving 34 When you indicate for slight turns, a finger held on the controls reminds you.

1975 Prosser & 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.

1980 A. 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.

1984 Guardian 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.

1987 Times 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.’

1991 Sunday 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.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	indicate
释义	† indicateadj. Etymology: < Latin indicātus, past participle of indicāre : see indicate v. Obsolete. Indicated. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > [adjective] > indicated signified?c1425 indicate?1541 tokeneda1616 indicated1875 ?1541 R. Copland Galen's Fourth Bk. Terapeutyke sig. Cij ^v, in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens I neuer founde curation that was indicate and shewed of the olde vlceres, nor of new. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). indicatev. Brit. /ˈɪndᵻkeɪt/, U.S. /ˈɪndəˌkeɪt/ Etymology: < Latin indicāt-, participial stem of indicāre to point out, show, mention, etc.; < in- (in- prefix³) + dicāre to make known: compare index n. 1. transitive. To point out, point to, make known, show (more or less distinctly). In Medicine, To point out as a remedy or course of treatment. passive. Of a course of action, treatment, etc.: to be pointed out or suggested as desirable or necessary. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > pointing out > point out [verb (transitive)] teacha900 showa1225 brevea1377 ensign1477 point1477 note1521 demonstrate1534 appointa1547 to put (also lay) one's (also the) finger on1574 remark1592 outpoint1595 finger1619 clewa1625 notice1627 denote1632 indicate1651 to index outa1796 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > symptom > be a symptom of [verb (transitive)] > point out as a remedy indicate1651 society > communication > indication > [verb (passive)] > be indicated as necessary or desirable indicate1880 1651 R. Wittie tr. J. Primrose Pop. Errours 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. 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing 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. 1767 B. Gooch Pract. 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. c1780 W. Cowper Jackdaw ii Above the steeple shines a plate, That turns and turns, to indicate From what point blows the weather. 1880 W. MacCormac Antiseptic Surg. 30 In every case of strangulated hernia..such an operation as this would seem to be indicated. 1880 A. Geikie Elem. Lessons Physical Geogr. (new ed.) ii. §9. 57 Under ordinary circumstances the thermometer indicates 212° as the temperature at which water boils. 1885 Daily News 21 Dec. 3/8 The dotted lines indicate the extreme variations. 1886 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 17 Apr. 750/1 Recourse to this method is more particularly indicated when the teeth to be replaced are front teeth. 1907 Lancet 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. 1919 P. G. Wodehouse Damsel in Distress xv. 184 Strategy, rather than force, seemed to the curate to be indicated. 1922 W. 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. 1946 M. Peake Titus Groan 353 My dear ladies,..I feel that some hot coffee is indicated, but what do you feel? 1971 Nature 31 Dec. 557/1 Further investigations of the directions of propagation and the presence of pacemaker function are certainly indicated. 1972 Sci. 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 object clause, expressing a fact. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > [verb (transitive)] tokenc888 sayOE tellc1175 note?c1225 signifyc1275 notifyc1390 signc1390 ossc1400 testify1445 point1477 betoken1486 indike?1541 demonstrate1558 to give show of1567 argue1585 portend1590 speak1594 denotate1597 denote1597 evidence1610 instance1616 bespeak1629 resent1638 indict1653 notificate1653 indicate1706 exhibit1799 to body forth1821 signalize1825 to speak for ——1832 index1862 signal1866 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) To Indicate, to shew or discover; as This high Colour indicates some Inflammation. 1774 E. Burke Corr. (1844) I. 517 The unusual mode of protesting on the address indicated a vigorous campaign. 1798 J. Ferriar Illustr. Sterne iv. 102 Large noses..were considered as indicating prudence. 1814 W. Scott Waverley II. viii. 145 He..observed symptoms which indicated a disposition in the Highlanders to take arms. View more context for this quotation 1833 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Loire 186 The masts of some vessels..indicate the proximity of the river. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxvii. 197 There was..no voice of joy to indicate that it was the pleasant Christmas time. †b. intransitive. To point. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > hand gesture > [verb (intransitive)] > finger gesture > point mintc1450 point1485 note1517 indicate1675 1675 R. Burthogge Cavsa Dei 305 A Symbol not obscurely indicating unto Jesus Christ. 3. transitive. Of persons: To point out, direct attention to. Less usually, in literal sense, To point to with the hand or by gesture. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > hand gesture > [verb (transitive)] > express with fingers > point to showa1225 fingera1425 point1477 indigit1603 indigitate1623 digit1628 digitate1658 digitize1736 indicate1808 1808 J. Bentham 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. 1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. i. ii. 11 An admirable plan,..but liable to some little exceptions, which Sir William will allow me to indicate. 1852 N. Hawthorne Blithedale Romance xi. 112 The course you indicate would certainly be the proper one. 1853 C. Brontë Villette I. viii. 148 ‘Will you,’ said she, ‘go backward or forward?’ indicating with her hand, first, the small door of communication with the dwellinghouse [etc.]. 1885 ‘L. Carroll’ Tangled Tale 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. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > hint at or suggest [verb (transitive)] inkle1340 induce1481 alludec1487 signifya1535 insinuate1561 to glance at (upon, against)1570 thrust1574 imply1581 adumbrate1589 intimate1590 innuate?1611 glancea1616 ministera1616 perstringea1620 shadow1621 subinduce1640 involve1646 equivocate1648 hint1648 subindicate1654 hint at1697 suggest1697 indicate1751 surmise1820 to get at ——1875 1751 J. Harris Hermes i. viii. 141 If we simply declare or indicate something to be or not to be..this constitutes that Mode, called the Declarative or Indicative. 1833 H. Ellis Elgin Marbles II. i. 1 The waves are indicated on the plinth. 1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece I. i. xiii. 332 The opinion long ago expressed by Heyne, and even indicated by Burmann. 1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect i. i. 80 My last argument is one that can only be indicated here, the full illustration belongs to a more advanced stage of the exposition. Derivatives ˈindicated adj. indicated (horse-) power, the working power of a steam-engine, shown by the indicator n.; so indicated duty. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > [adjective] > indicated signified?c1425 indicate?1541 tokeneda1616 indicated1875 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun] > power of indicated (horse-) power1875 (at) full (half, etc.) steam1878 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) 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. 1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) II. 812 The indicated power of different engines usually exceeds the nominal power [etc.]. ˈindicating adj. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > [adjective] > indicating or indicative of talkative1509 indicant1607 denotative1611 indicative1665 notifying1680 expressive1713 indicating1753 impressive1791 indicatory1798 redolent1828 denotive1830 indiciala1849 indexical1897 society > communication > indication > pointing out > [adjective] indicative1624 referential1660 indicatory1742 indicating1753 1753 N. Torriano tr. J. B. L. Chomel Hist. Diss. Gangrenous Sore Throat 30 A more indicating Pulse. 1855 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Indicating Days, the same as Critical days. 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 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. Draft additions 1993 5. intransitive or absol. Of a motorist: to signal one's intention to change direction, usually by means of an indicator light; also with direction in adverbial relation; transitive, with object left (right) turn or clause. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > driver or operator of a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > signal intent to change direction signal1940 indicate1970 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > driver or operator of a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > signal intent to change direction indicate1970 1970 A. T. Topper Very Adv. Driving 34 When you indicate for slight turns, a finger held on the controls reminds you. 1975 Prosser & 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. 1980 A. 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. 1984 Guardian 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. 1987 Times 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.’ 1991 Sunday 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?1541v.1651
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† indicateadj.

indicatev.

Derivatives

Draft additions 1993