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expiscations

expiscations is the plural of expiscation.

Meaning of expiscation

Noun

expiscation (countable and uncountable, plural expiscations)

  1. (archaic, figuratively, formal, usually) The act of expiscating or searching for information; fishing.
    • All thy worth, yet, thy selfe must Patronise,
      By quaffing more of the Castalian Head;
      In expiscation of whose Mysteries,
      Our Netts must still be clogd, with heauy Lead,
      To make them sincke, and catche1601, George Chapman, Peristeros, or the Male Turtle

Questions about expiscations

What is expiscations the plural of?
Expiscations is the plural of expiscation.

Words near expiscations in the dictionary

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

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