indagative

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English

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Etymology

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From indagate +‎ -ive.

Adjective

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indagative (comparative more indagative, superlative most indagative)

  1. (obsolete) Searching; exploratory; investigative.
    • 1642, Jeremy Taylor, The Sacred Order and Offices of Episcopacy or Episcopacy Asserted against the Arians and Acephali New and Old:
      The church might not be ambitious or indagative of such employment

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