expiscate
Americanverb (used with object)
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Etymology
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
She pounced on that cricket with rare promptitude And she tucked him away where he'd do the most good; And then, reaching down to the nethermost house, She deftly expiscated little Miss Mouse!
From Songs and Other Verse by Field, Eugene
He has ensnared an angel from the skies and expiscated a mermaid from the deep.
From God and Mr. Wells A Critical Examination of 'God the Invisible King' by Archer, William
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