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expiscate
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expiscate, v. t. [L. expiscatus, p. p. of expiscari to fish out; ex out+piscari to fish, piscis fish.].
To fish out; to find out by skill or laborious investigation; to search out. Nichol. [1913 Webster]
"Dr. Burton has with much ingenuity endeavored to expiscate the truth which may be involved in them."
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