indagate

[ in-duh-geyt ]

/ ˈɪn dəˌgeɪt /

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verb (used with object), in·da·gat·ed, in·da·gat·ing.Archaic.

to investigate; research.

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Origin of indagate

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, nounin·da·ga·tive, adjectivein·da·ga·tor, noun

Words nearby indagate

incurve, incus, incuse, Ind, indaba, indagate, indamine, Indanthrene, indapamide, Ind.E., indebted