'Indicative mood' definitions:

Definition of 'indicative mood'

noun

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

From: GCIDE

Indicative \In*dic"a*tive\, a. [L. indicativus: cf. F. indicatif.] [1913 Webster]
1. Pointing out; bringing to notice; giving intimation or knowledge of something not visible or obvious. [1913 Webster]
That truth is productive of utility, and utility indicative of truth, may be thus proved. --Bp. Warburton. [1913 Webster]
2. (Fine Arts) Suggestive; representing the whole by a part, as a fleet by a ship, a forest by a tree, etc. [1913 Webster]
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? [1913 Webster]