EXPISCATE


Meaning of EXPISCATE in English

— expiscation , n. — expiscatory /ek spis"keuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/ , adj.

/ek"speuh skayt', ek spis"kayt/ , v.t., expiscated, expiscating . Chiefly Scot.

to find out by thorough and detailed investigation; discover through scrupulous examination.

[ 1605-15; expiscatus, ptp. of expiscari to fish out. See EX- 1 , PISCI-, -ATE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .