expiscate
Americanverb (used with object)
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Origin of expiscate
1605–15; < Latin expiscātus, past participle of expiscārī to fish out. See ex- 1, pisci-, -ate 1
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We may as well expiscate this point here.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
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