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.
