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Investigate

//ɪnˈvɛs.tə.ɡeɪt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information. transitive

    "to investigate the causes of natural phenomena"

  2. 2
    conduct an inquiry or investigation of wordnet
  3. 3
    To examine, look into, or scrutinize in order to discover something hidden or secret. transitive

    "to investigate an unsolved murder"

  4. 4
    investigate scientifically wordnet
  5. 5
    To conduct an inquiry or examination. intransitive

    ""Why don't you investigate?" he demanded. And investigate I did."

Etymology

Recorded since circa 1510, a back-formation from investigation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from Latin investīgātiō (“a searching into”), from investīgātus, the perfect passive participle of investīgō, equivalent to in- + vestigate. Displaced native Old English undersēċan (literally “to search under or between”).

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