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Meaning of "expiscate" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EXPISCATE

expiscate  [ˈɛkspɪˌskeɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXPISCATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Expiscate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb expiscate in English.

WHAT DOES EXPISCATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of expiscate in the English dictionary

The definition of expiscate in the dictionary is to fish out; to find out by investigation.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO EXPISCATE

PRESENT

Present
I expiscate
you expiscate
he/she/it expiscates
we expiscate
you expiscate
they expiscate
Present continuous
I am expiscating
you are expiscating
he/she/it is expiscating
we are expiscating
you are expiscating
they are expiscating
Present perfect
I have expiscated
you have expiscated
he/she/it has expiscated
we have expiscated
you have expiscated
they have expiscated
Present perfect continuous
I have been expiscating
you have been expiscating
he/she/it has been expiscating
we have been expiscating
you have been expiscating
they have been expiscating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I expiscated
you expiscated
he/she/it expiscated
we expiscated
you expiscated
they expiscated
Past continuous
I was expiscating
you were expiscating
he/she/it was expiscating
we were expiscating
you were expiscating
they were expiscating
Past perfect
I had expiscated
you had expiscated
he/she/it had expiscated
we had expiscated
you had expiscated
they had expiscated
Past perfect continuous
I had been expiscating
you had been expiscating
he/she/it had been expiscating
we had been expiscating
you had been expiscating
they had been expiscating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will expiscate
you will expiscate
he/she/it will expiscate
we will expiscate
you will expiscate
they will expiscate
Future continuous
I will be expiscating
you will be expiscating
he/she/it will be expiscating
we will be expiscating
you will be expiscating
they will be expiscating
Future perfect
I will have expiscated
you will have expiscated
he/she/it will have expiscated
we will have expiscated
you will have expiscated
they will have expiscated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been expiscating
you will have been expiscating
he/she/it will have been expiscating
we will have been expiscating
you will have been expiscating
they will have been expiscating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would expiscate
you would expiscate
he/she/it would expiscate
we would expiscate
you would expiscate
they would expiscate
Conditional continuous
I would be expiscating
you would be expiscating
he/she/it would be expiscating
we would be expiscating
you would be expiscating
they would be expiscating
Conditional perfect
I would have expiscate
you would have expiscate
he/she/it would have expiscate
we would have expiscate
you would have expiscate
they would have expiscate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been expiscating
you would have been expiscating
he/she/it would have been expiscating
we would have been expiscating
you would have been expiscating
they would have been expiscating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you expiscate
we let´s expiscate
you expiscate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to expiscate
Past participle
expiscated
Present Participle
expiscating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EXPISCATE


advocate
ˈædvəˌkeɪt
bletheranskate
ˈblɛðərənˌskeɪt
bletherskate
ˈbleðəˌskeɪt
cate
keɪt
cheapskate
ˈtʃiːpˌskeɪt
communicate
kəˈmjuːnɪˌkeɪt
confiscate
ˈkɒnfɪˌskeɪt
coruscate
ˈkɒrəˌskeɪt
educate
ˈɛdjʊˌkeɪt
figure-skate
ˈfɪɡəˌskeɪt
ice-skate
ˈaɪsskeɪt
indicate
ˈɪndɪˌkeɪt
infuscate
ɪnˈfʌskeɪt
Kate
keɪt
locate
ləʊˈkeɪt
meniscate
mɪˈnɪskeɪt
moschate
ˈmɒskeɪt
outskate
ˌaʊtˈskeɪt
roller-skate
ˈrəʊləˌskeɪt
skate
skeɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXPISCATE

expiable
expiate
expiation
expiator
expiatory
expirable
expirant
expiration
expiration date
expiratory
expire
expirer
expiries
expiry
expiry date
expiscation
expiscatory
explain
explain away
explainable

WORDS THAT END LIKE EXPISCATE

abdicate
aguacate
allocate
authenticate
birth certificate
certificate
complicate
delicate
duplicate
eradicate
fabricate
intricate
lemniscate
obfuscate
relocate
replicate
silicate
syndicate
triplicate
truncate

Synonyms and antonyms of expiscate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «expiscate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EXPISCATE

Find out the translation of expiscate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of expiscate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «expiscate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

expiscate
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

expiscate
570 millions of speakers

English

expiscate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

expiscate
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

expiscate
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

expiscate
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

expiscate
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

expiscate
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

expiscate
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menjangkakan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

expiscate
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

expiscate
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

expiscate
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Expacate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

expiscate
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

expiscate
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उदंड करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

expiscate
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

expiscate
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

expiscate
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

expiscate
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

expiscate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

expiscate
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

expiscate
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

expiscate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

expiscate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of expiscate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXPISCATE»

The term «expiscate» is used very little and occupies the 159.048 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EXPISCATE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about expiscate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXPISCATE»

Discover the use of expiscate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to expiscate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Memorials and Letters Illustrative of the Life and Times of ...
And Wodrow assigns a false reason for not finding it, when he says, — " because nothing was expiscate by torture which was not before acknowledged." Truly, it was because he had not been able to discover the missing volume of the ...
Mark Napier, 1862
2
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: ...
To EXPISCATE, v. a. “ To fish out of one by way of a discovery,” S. This does not seem to be an E. word, although it has found its way into some of the later editions of Bailcy's Dictionary. It has been originally used in our courts of law. “ It is very ...
John Jamieson, 1808
3
The Institutions of the Law of Scotland, Deduced from Its ...
This was always al- (720) lowed in criminals ; and the reason is, because, upon the answers of witnesses, there arise emergent interrogatoriesto expiscate the truth, whichthe Lords did always follow, and now they have the concourse of the ...
‎1832
4
Jamieson's Dictionary of Scots: The Story of the First ...
For the word expiscate 'to fish out', which Jamieson had found in Wodrow's History, he quotes Bailey verbatim, whilst disputing the word's place in an English dictionary: To EXPISCATE, v. a. “To fish out of one by way of a discovery,” S. This  ...
Susan Rennie, 2012
5
The history of the sufferings of the Church of Scotland,: ...
According he I no Report in the Council-books, because nothing was expiscate by Torture, which isrorcurel was not before acknowledged. Indeed there was nothing in this Plot and murdering Design> but imaginary Fears, and therefore I shall, ...
Robert Wodrow, 1722
6
Columbian cyclopedia
EXPISCATE— EXPLODE. -pi'rd-Ur-1, pertaining to the emission of air from the lungs. Expiry, n. eks-pi'rt, the termination or end. EXPISCATE, v. eks-pts'kdt [L. expUcdtm, searched out — from ex, out of; piscis, a fish]: to search out by artful ...
7
Correct English and Current Literary Review ...
No, not expiation.— Dauby. Expiry. Expiry ( eks-pi-ri ; accent on cks) means expiration, termination. □ ... a day or two before the formal expiry of my visit. — Locke. Expiscate. Expiscate ( eks-pis-kate ; accent on cks) means to search out, hence, ...
Josephine Turck Baker, 1914
8
Fraser's Magazine
If we find one holy Christian and useful feature, we are too honest to withhold it the meed of our approbation; but we fear, that the more we expiscate what we have only superficially glanced at, the more must we concur with our northern ...
James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch, 1836
9
Decisions of the Court of Session: From the Beginning of ...
when it was passed, it were decided the other way no doubt, but all of them were founded on the idea that the Court was not entitled to expiscate the truth by interrogatories, or in any other method than by the trust-oath, and the appearance of ...
Scotland. Court of Session, Alexander Bruce, 1815
10
The Provost
... by way of a device to get him to help the implementing of my intents with regard to the choice of two gentlemen to succeed those whom he called " the expurgated disloca- tors," it was with a great difficulty that I could expiscate his meaning.
John Galt, 1822

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