expiscate Meaning, Definition & Usage

Ex*pis"cate transitive verb

Etymology

L. expiscatus, p.p. of expiscari to fish out; ex out+piscari to fish, piscis fish.

Definitions

1. 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.