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Webster 1913 Edition
Indagator
In′da-gaˊtor
,Noun.
[L.]
A searcher; an explorer; an investigator.
[Obs.]
Searched into by such skillful
indagators
of nature. Boyle.
Webster 1828 Edition
Indagator
IN'DAGATOR
,Noun.
Definition 2024
indagator
indagator
English
Noun
indagator (plural indagators)
- an investigator
- 1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist, p. 5-6:
- For that, being the number of the Elements, Principles, or Materiall Ingredients of Bodies, is an enquiry whole truth is of that Importance, and of that Difficulty, that it may as well deserve as require to be searched into by such skilfull Indagators of Nature as your selves.
- 1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist, p. 5-6:
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
indāgātor
- second-person singular future passive imperative of indāgō
- third-person singular future passive imperative of indāgō
References
- indagator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “indagator”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.