indictive
English
Etymology
From Latin indictivus. See indict.
Adjective
indictive (comparative more indictive, superlative most indictive)
- proclaimed; declared; public
- 1696, Basil Kennett, Romae Antiquae Notitia: Or, the Antiquities of Rome
- The Funus Publicum , which we meet with so often , may be sometimes understood as the same with the Indictive Funeral , and sometimes only as a Species of it
- 1696, Basil Kennett, Romae Antiquae Notitia: Or, the Antiquities of Rome
Derived terms
- indictively
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for indictive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Latin
Adjective
indictīve
- vocative masculine singular of indictīvus