indagate

indagate
—indagation, n. —indagative, adj. —indagator, n.
/in"deuh gayt'/, v.t., indagated, indagating. Archaic.
to investigate; research.
[1615-25; < L indagatus, ptp. of indagare to track down, v. deriv. of indago ring of beaters, nets, etc., for trapping game, equiv. to ind-, by-form of in- IN-2 (see ENDO-) + -ago, deriv. of agere to drive (cf. AMBAGES)]

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