vestigate

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verb

To investigate.

OriginLatin vestigatus →
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Meanings

verbvestigate (third-person singular simple present vestigates, present participle vestigating, simple past and past participle vestigated)

present singular third person vestigates · participle present vestigating · participle past vestigated · past vestigated

  1. nonstandardobsoleteTo investigate.

    This attempt to vestigate these causes […] will not, perhaps, be deemed an unnecessary digression.

    1813, George Gleig, The historical works of William Robertson, page 274

Origin

  1. Latinvestigatus
  2. Englishvestigate

From Latin vestigatus, past participle of vestigare. See vestige.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

gestative
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vestigate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vestigate.

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