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expiscate

American  
[ek-spuh-skeyt, ek-spis-keyt] / ˈɛk spəˌskeɪt, ɛkˈspɪs keɪt /

verb (used with object)

Chiefly Scot.
expiscated, expiscating

  1. to find out by thorough and detailed investigation; discover through scrupulous examination.

Other Word Forms

  • expiscation noun
  • expiscatory adjective

Etymology

Origin of expiscate

1605–15; < Latin expiscātus, past participle of expiscārī to fish out. See ex- 1, pisci-, -ate 1

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We may as well expiscate this point here.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

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