† vestigatev.
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive and transitive. To investigate, in various senses.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > investigate, inspect [verb (intransitive)]
inquirec1330
aska1382
ensearch1382
questiona1500
investigate?1520
vestigatea1561
to look into ——1561
perpend1568
mouse1575
rake1603
undergo1605
fathom1607
ravel1618
examine1628
inquisition1644
to cast abouta1676
inspect1703
sound1793
disquisitea1823
look-see1862
to cast about one1867
the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > investigate, examine [verb (transitive)]
underseekc897
speerc900
lookeOE
askOE
seeOE
teem witnessc1200
seeka1300
fand13..
inquirec1300
undergoc1315
visit1338
pursuea1382
searcha1382
examinec1384
assay1387
ensearchc1400
vesteyea1425
to have in waitc1440
perpend1447
to bring witnessc1475
vey1512
investigate?1520
recounta1530
to call into (also in) question1534
finger1546
rip1549
sight1556
vestigatea1561
to look into ——1561
require1563
descry?1567
sound1579
question1590
resolve1593
surview1601
undersearch1609
sift1611
disquire1621
indagate1623
inspect1623
pierce1640
shrive1647
in-looka1649
probe1649
incern1656
quaeritate1657
inquisite1674
reconnoitre1740
explore1774
to bring to book1786
look-see1867
scrutate1882
to shake down1915
sleuth1939
screen1942
a1561 G. Cavendish Metrical Visions (1980) 25 Wherfore dame Reason, did me perswade and move, To be content, with this my small estat And in this matter no more to vestigate.
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i Vestigate, to tracke, or trace.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia (following Cooper) Vestigate, to seek out, to seek by the print of the foot, to trace, to search, diligently, to hunt after.
1793 A. Murphy Upholsterer (new ed.) ii. 41 Let me see one of them to try if I can vestigate any thing.
Derivatives
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society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [noun] > left by the passage of something > of a person or animal > track of footprints > footprint
trod946
lastOE
foot sporeOE
tread?c1225
stepc1290
footstepa1300
solec1325
tracta1547
footprint1552
traces1552
footing1563
foot track1600
accub1623
vestigating1634
vestige1656
seal1686
sign1692
footmark1756
stabble1863
pelmatogram1890
paw print1894
1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 189 [The Cingalese hold] that Adam was their Created and liued there, they beleeue it rather in regard his vestigatings are yet imprinted in the earth.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > [noun] > following track or trail
tracing1523
investigation1623
vestigation1658
trail1669
trailing1742
spooring1850
pugging1866
1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Vestigation, a seeking any one by the print of their foot, a searching diligently.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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