indictive
adjEtymology From Latin indictivus. See indict.
1
Obsolete proclaimed 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 it1696, Basil Kennett, Romae Antiquae Notitia: Or, the Antiquities of Rome:
2
Archaic accusatory
- 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:
- Each sang his indictive narrative in turn1880, Mark Twain [pseudonym] (Samuel L[anghorne] Clemens), A Tramp Abroad; […], Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company; London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- Derived terms
- indictively