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indagate

American

[in-duh-geyt] / ˈɪn dəˌgeɪt /

verb (used with object)

Archaic.

indagated, indagating

to investigate; research.

Other Word Forms

indagation noun
indagative adjective
indagator noun

Etymology

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 ( endo- ) + -āgō, derivative of agere to drive ( ambages )

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Indagate, in′da-gāt, v.t. to search out.—n.

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