indagator

English

Etymology

indagate +‎ -or

Noun

indagator (plural indagators)

  1. (obsolete) An investigator.
    • 1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist, p. 5-6:
      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.

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

indāgātor

  1. second-person singular future passive imperative of indāgō
  2. third-person singular future passive imperative of indāgō

References
  • indagator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • indagator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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