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expiscating

expiscating is the present participle and gerund 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 expiscating

What is expiscating the present participle and gerund of?
Expiscating is the present participle and gerund of expiscate.

Words near expiscating in the dictionary

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

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