expiscate

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

/ ˈɛk spəˌskeɪt, ɛkˈspɪs keɪt /

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

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Which of the following words means “to travel or journey, especially to walk on foot”?

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

ex·pis·ca·tion, nounex·pis·ca·to·ry

[ek-spis-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /ɛkˈspɪs kəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/, adjective