expiscate

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

/ ˈɛk spəˌskeɪt, ɛkˈspɪs keɪt /

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

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

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