Meanings
plural indagators
- obsoleteAn investigator.
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, pages 5–6
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Latinindagō
- Latinindāgātor
- Englishindagator
Borrowed from Latin indāgātor (“investigator”).
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indagator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indagator
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