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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Expiscate

· Ex·pis·cate · IPA
01 v. t. To fish out; to find out by skill or laborious investigation; to search out.
  1. 1.
    To fish out; to find out by skill or laborious investigation; to search out.[R.]
    “Dr. Burton has with much ingenuity endeavored to expiscate the truth which may be involved in them.” — W. L. Alexander.