Etymology

expiscate

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Today it means: To fish out; to find out by skill or laborious investigation; to search out or rummage (for information) Full definition →

Latin expiscatus
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  1. Latin · derived fromexpiscatus
  2. English todayexpiscate

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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