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Expiscate

Ex-pis′cate

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
expiscatus
, p. p. of
expiscari
to fish out;
ex
out+
piscari
to fish,
piscis
fish.]
To fish out; to find out by skill or laborious investigation; to search out.
“To expiscate principles.”
[R.]
Nichol.
Dr. Burton has with much ingenuity endeavored to
expiscate
the truth which may be involved in them.
W. L. Alexander.

Definition 2024

expiscate

expiscate

English

Verb

expiscate ‎(third-person singular simple present expiscates, present participle expiscating, simple past and past participle expiscated)

  1. To fish out; to find out by skill or laborious investigation; to search out.
    • Nichol
      To expiscate principles.
    • W. L. Alexander
      Dr. Burton has with much ingenuity endeavoured to expiscate the truth which may be involved in them.

Latin

Participle

expiscāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of expiscātus

Etymology

From Latin expiscatus, past participle of expiscari ‎(“to fish out”), from ex ‎(“out”) + piscari ‎(“to fish”), piscis ‎(“fish”).

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