EXPISCATE

Etymology

Verb

expiscate (third-person singular simple present expiscates, present participle expiscating, simple past and past participle expiscated)

(transitive, formal) To fish out; to find out by skill or laborious investigation; to search out.

Source: Wiktionary


Ex*pis"cate, v. t. Etym: [L. expiscatus, p.p. of expiscari to fish out; ex out+piscari to fish, piscis fish.]

Definition: To fish out; to find out by skill or laborious investigation; to search out. "To expiscate principles." [R.] Nichol. Dr.Burton has with much ingenuity endeavord to expiscate the truth which may be involved in them. W. L. Alexander.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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