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expiscate
[
ek
-sp
uh
-skeyt, ek-
spis
-keyt]
/ˈɛk spəˌskeɪt, ɛkˈspɪs keɪt/
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verb (used with object)
,
expiscated,
expiscating.
Chiefly Scot.
1.
to find out by thorough and detailed investigation; discover through scrupulous examination.
Origin of
expiscate
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Latin
1605-1615
1605-15;
<
Latin
expiscātus,
past participle of
expiscārī
to fish out. See
ex-
1
,
pisci-
,
-ate
1
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expiscation,
noun
expiscatory
[ek-
spis
-k
uh
-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
/ɛkˈspɪs kəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/
(
Show IPA
),
adjective
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