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Thesaurus: expiscate

To fish out; to find out by skill or laborious investigation; to search out.

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  1. v. t. To fish out; to find out by skill or laborious investigation; to search out.
  2. To fish out; to find out by skill or laborious investigation; to search out. "To expiscate principles." [R.] Nichol. Dr.Burton has with much ingenuity endeavord to expiscate the truth which may be involved in them. W. L. Alexander.
  3. To fish out; to find out by skill or laborious investigation;to search out. "To expiscate principles." [R.] Nichol.Dr.Burton has with much ingenuity endeavord to expiscate the truthwhich may be involved in them. W. L. Alexander.
  4. v. t. To fish out; to find out by skill or laborious investigation; to search out.