indagate
American
[in-duh-geyt]
/ ˈɪn dəˌgeɪt /
verb (used with object)
Archaic.
indagated,
indagating
Other Word Forms
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 ( see endo-) + -āgō, derivative of agere to drive ( cf. ambages)
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