indicative mood

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indicative mood - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Indicative \In*dic"a*tive\, a. [L. indicativus: cf. F.
     indicatif.]
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     1. Pointing out; bringing to notice; giving intimation or
        knowledge of something not visible or obvious.
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              That truth is productive of utility, and utility
              indicative of truth, may be thus proved. --Bp.
                                                    Warburton.
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     2. (Fine Arts) Suggestive; representing the whole by a part,
        as a fleet by a ship, a forest by a tree, etc.
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     Indicative mood (Gram.), that mood or form of the verb
        which indicates, that is, which simply affirms or denies
        or inquires; as, he writes; he is not writing; has the
        mail arrived?
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indicative mood - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  indicative mood
      n 1: a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or
           state as an objective fact [syn: indicative mood,
           indicative, declarative mood, declarative, common mood
           , fact mood]