indicatoryadj.

1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke iii. xiii. 94 If the fluxe..be indicatorie, the signes are rehersed in another place.

1603 C. Heydon Def. Iudiciall Astrol. i. 19 Who will say that the Physition in his iudgement by vrine, by indicatorie and criticall daies, by Symptomes and other arguments..doeth intrude into the secret prouidence of God?

1624 J. Donne Deuotions xiv. 347 The Pharises pretended, That if they had bin in their Fathers daies, (those indicatory, and iudicatory, those Criticall daies), they would not have been partakers of the bloud of the Prophets.

1742 R. North & M. North Life F. North 293 Sir Samuel Moreland publish'd..a Device to prolong the indicatory Space from three Inches, as in common Tubes, to a Foot, or more... This he call'd a statick Barometer.

1824 Examiner 471/1 The overture is admirably spirited, indicatory, and impressive.

1871 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue iii. 163 The la of Saxon times has none of the indicatory or pointing force which lo now has.

1873 C. W. Thomson Depths of Sea vii. 294 The box which covers the coil and indicatory part of the thermometer.

1798 Belsham Hist. Great Brit. anno 1781 (R.) Great preparations were made..indicatory of an approaching siege.

1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 10 675 The writer alludes to certain physiognomical peculiarities of the writers in the Review, as indicatory of their character.