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vestigates

vestigates is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 vestigates

What is vestigates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Vestigates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of vestigate.

Words near vestigates in the dictionary

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

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