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pervestigate

pervestigate verb: to investigate thoroughly.

Verb

pervestigate (third-person singular simple present pervestigates, present participle pervestigating, simple past and past participle pervestigated)

  1. (obsolete) To investigate thoroughly.

Forms of pervestigate

third-person singular presentpervestigates
present participlepervestigating
past participlepervestigated
pastpervestigated

Origin of pervestigate

From Latin pervestigatus, past participle of pervestigare.

Questions about pervestigate

What does pervestigate mean?
Pervestigate means to investigate thoroughly.
What part of speech is pervestigate?
Pervestigate is a verb.
What is the past tense of pervestigate?
The past tense of pervestigate is pervestigated.

Words near pervestigate in the dictionary

  1. pervertly
  2. perverts
  3. perverty
  4. pervery
  5. perves
  6. pervestigate
  7. pervestigated
  8. pervestigates
  9. pervestigating
  10. pervestigation
  11. pervestigations

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