Etymology

indagate

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Today it means: to search into, investigate Full definition →

Latin indāgātus
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromindāgātus
  2. English todayindagate

First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin indāgātus, perfect passive participle of indāgō (“to search”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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