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Adj. showing &c. v.; indicative, indicatory; deducible &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

There would seem to be something singularly indicatory I in this engagement.

From Israel Potter by Melville, Herman

These peremptory tripartite brethren arrived at Greenwich, wishing to aggrandize themselves by indulging in exemplary relaxation, indicatory of implacable detestation of integral tergiversation and exoteric intrigue.

From 1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading by Hathaway, B. A.

The shape described here in Smriti allows us to infer a Sruti passage on which the Smriti rests, and thus constitutes an inference, i.e. a sign indicatory of the word 'Vaisvânara' denoting the highest Lord.

From The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1 by Thibaut, George

The print," he continued, "was the first confirmation of evidence, but it was not the first indicatory sign.

From The Sleuth of St. James's Square by Post, Melville Davisson