indicatory

Variant of indicative

adjective

  1. giving an indication, suggestion, or intimation; showing; signifying: a look indicative of joy
  2. designating or of the mood of a verb used to identify an act, state, or occurrence as actual, or to ask a question of fact

Origin: Fr indicatif < L indicativus

noun

  1. the indicative mood
  2. a verb in this mood

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