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.