Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vestigate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ves-ti-gate
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To investigate.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin vestigatus, past participle of vestigare. See vestige.

Usage

Inflected Forms

vestigates (present, singular) vestigating (participle, present) vestigated (participle, past) vestigated (past)

Questions

What does vestigate mean?
To investigate.
Where does vestigate come from?
From Latin vestigatus, past participle of vestigare. See vestige.

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