indagate

[ in-duh-geyt ]

verb (used with object),in·da·gat·ed, in·da·gat·ing.Archaic.
  1. to investigate; research.

Origin of indagate

1
1615–25; <Latin indāgātus, past participle of indāgāre to track down, verbal derivative of indāgō ring of beaters, nets, etc., for trapping game, equivalent to ind-, by-form of in-in-2 (see endo-) + -āgō, derivative of agere to drive (cf. ambages)

Other words from indagate

  • in·da·ga·tion, noun
  • in·da·ga·tive, adjective
  • in·da·ga·tor, noun

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