The Collaborative International Dictionary
Expiscate
Expiscate \Ex*pis"cate\, 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. ``To expiscate principles.'' [R.]
--Nichol.
Dr. Burton has with much ingenuity endeavored to
expiscate the truth which may be involved in them.
--W.
L. Alexander.
Wiktionary
expiscate
vb. To fish out; to find out by skill or laborious investigation; to search out.