Meanings
nounpervestigation (usually uncountable, plural pervestigations)
plural pervestigations
- obsoleteuncountableusuallythorough investigation
In the pervestigation of the true and genuine text, it was perspicuously manifest to all men that there was no argument more firm or certain to be relied on.
1637, William Chillingworth, The Religion of Protestants
Origin
- Latinpervestigatio
- Englishpervestigation
Latin pervestigatio.
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pervestigation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pervestigation
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