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expiscate.

To fish out; to find out by skill or laborious investigation; to search out or rummage (for information)

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. To fish out; to find out by skill or laborious investigation; to search out or rummage (for information)

    archaic · formal · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Latin expiscatus, past participle of expiscari (“to fish out”), from ex (“out”) + piscari (“to fish”), piscis (“fish”). By surface analysis, ex- + Latin pisc- + -ate.

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