Meanings
- obsoleteproclaimed or declared by authority
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 - archaicaccusatory
Each sang his indictive narrative in turn
1880, Mark Twain [pseudonym] (Samuel L[anghorne] Clemens), A Tramp Abroad; […], Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company; London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC1 more example
fatally indictive, conscious of commanding powers, and yet whipped in the most public pillory, amid the derisive laughter and applause of the world[…]
1880, Thomas Power O'Connor, Lord Beaconsfield: A Biography
Origin
- Latinindictivus
- Englishindictive
From Latin indictivus. See indict.
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