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Webster 1913 Edition

Pervestigate

Per-ves′ti-gate

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
pervestigatus
, p. p. of
pervestigare
.]
To investigate thoroughly.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Pervestigate

PERVES'TIGATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. pervestigo; per and vestigo, to trace; vestigium, a track.] To find out by research.

Definition 2024

pervestigate

pervestigate

English

Verb

pervestigate ‎(third-person singular simple present pervestigates, present participle pervestigating, simple past and past participle pervestigated)

  1. (obsolete) To investigate thoroughly.

Latin

Verb

pervestīgāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of pervestīgō

Etymology

From Latin pervestigatus, past participle of pervestigare.

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