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expiscated

expiscated is the simple past and past participle of expiscate.

Meaning of expiscate

Verb

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

  1. (archaic, formal, transitive) To fish out; to find out by skill or laborious investigation; to search out or rummage (for information)
    • Mathematics may be separated into two divisions, one of which expiscates principles or methods, and the other rules or applications.1860, John Pringle Nichol, A Cyclopaedia of Physical Sciences

Questions about expiscated

What is expiscated the simple past and past participle of?
Expiscated is the simple past and past participle of expiscate.

Words near expiscated in the dictionary

  1. expirograms
  2. expiry
  3. expiry date
  4. expiry dates
  5. expiscate
  6. expiscated
  7. expiscates
  8. expiscating
  9. expiscation
  10. expiscations
  11. expiscator

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