EXPISCATE

PRONUNCIATION: (EK-spuh-skayt, ek-SPIS-kayt)

MEANING: verb tr.: To fish out; to find out by careful investigation.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin expiscari (to fish out), from ex- (out) + piscari (to fish), from piscis (fish). Earliest documented use: 1598.
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EXIST, ATE - We took food, therefore we are

EXPLISCATE - I asked for an explanation from Catherine, my former spouse

EXPISCARE - OMG I think I just passed a kidney stone!