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pervestigation

pervestigation noun: thorough investigation.

Noun

pervestigation (usually uncountable, plural pervestigations)

  1. (obsolete, usually) thorough investigation
    • In the pervestigation of the true and genuine text, it was perspicuously manifest to all men that there was no argument more firm or certain to be relied on.1637, William Chillingworth, The Religion of Protestants

Forms of pervestigation

pluralpervestigations

Origin of pervestigation

Latin pervestigatio.

Questions about pervestigation

What does pervestigation mean?
Pervestigation means thorough investigation.
What part of speech is pervestigation?
Pervestigation is a noun.
What is the plural of pervestigation?
The plural of pervestigation is pervestigations.

Words near pervestigation in the dictionary

  1. perves
  2. pervestigate
  3. pervestigated
  4. pervestigates
  5. pervestigating
  6. pervestigation
  7. pervestigations
  8. pervette
  9. pervettes
  10. Pervez
  11. Pervezi

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