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investigate

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11 lettersPronunciation /ɪnˈvɛs.tə.ɡeɪt/Part of speech verbSorted aeegiinsttvStarts with IEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. conduct an inquiry or investigation of

Word origin

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”).

Used in a sentence

  • to investigate the causes of natural phenomena
  • He was asked to investigate a robbery.
  • We investigated the presence of CNM in ornithophagous ticks from migrating birds.

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