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 In·dic·a·tive a.
 1. Pointing out; bringing to notice; giving intimation or knowledge of something not visible or obvious.
    That truth is productive of utility, and utility indicative of truth, may be thus proved.   --Bp. Warburton.
 2. Fine Arts Suggestive; representing the whole by a part, as a fleet by a ship, a forest by a tree, etc.
 Indicative mood Gram., that mood or form of the verb which indicates, that is, which simply affirms or denies or inquires; as, he writes; he is not writing; has the mail arrived?

 indicative mood
      n : a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or
          state as an objective fact [syn: indicative, declarative
          mood, declarative, common mood, fact mood]