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expiscate

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

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verb (used with object), ex·pis·cat·ed, ex·pis·cat·ing. Chiefly Scot.

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

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

Related forms

ex·pis·ca·tion, noun

ex·pis·ca·to·ry

[ek-spis-kuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] , adjective

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