expiscate

[ ek-spuh-skeyt, ek-spis-keyt ]

verb (used with object),ex·pis·cat·ed, ex·pis·cat·ing.Chiefly Scot.
  1. to find out by thorough and detailed investigation; discover through scrupulous examination.

Origin of expiscate

1
1605–15; <Latin expiscātus, past participle of expiscārī to fish out. See ex-1, pisci-, -ate1

Other words from expiscate

  • ex·pis·ca·tion, noun
  • ex·pis·ca·to·ry [ek-spis-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee], /ɛkˈspɪs kəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjective

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