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vestigated

vestigated is the simple past and past participle of vestigate.

Meaning of vestigate

Verb

vestigate (third-person singular simple present vestigates, present participle vestigating, simple past and past participle vestigated)

  1. (nonstandard, obsolete) To investigate.
    • This attempt to vestigate these causes […] will not, perhaps, be deemed an unnecessary digression.1813, George Gleig, The historical works of William Robertson, page 274

Questions about vestigated

What is vestigated the simple past and past participle of?
Vestigated is the simple past and past participle of vestigate.

Words near vestigated in the dictionary

  1. vestibulotoxicity
  2. vestibulourethral
  3. vestibulovegetative
  4. vestibulum
  5. vestigate
  6. vestigated
  7. vestigates
  8. vestigating
  9. vestige
  10. vestiges
  11. vestigia

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