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indagate

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in⋅da⋅gate

[in-duh-geyt]
–verb (used with object), -gat⋅ed, -gat⋅ing. Archaic.
to investigate; research.

Origin:
1615–25; < L indāgātus, ptp. of indāgāre to track down, v. deriv. of indāgō ring of beaters, nets, etc., for trapping game, equiv. to ind-, by-form of in- in- 2 (see endo- ) + -āgō, deriv. of agere to drive (cf. ambages )


in⋅da⋅ga⋅tion, noun
in⋅da⋅ga⋅tive, adjective
in⋅da⋅ga⋅tor, noun
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