"vestigate" meaning in English

See vestigate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: vestigates [present, singular, third-person], vestigating [participle, present], vestigated [participle, past], vestigated [past]
Etymology: From Latin vestigatus, past participle of vestigare. See vestige. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|vestigatus}} Latin vestigatus, {{lena}} Head templates: {{en-verb}} vestigate (third-person singular simple present vestigates, present participle vestigating, simple past and past participle vestigated)
  1. (obsolete or nonstandard) To investigate. Tags: nonstandard, obsolete
    Sense id: en-vestigate-en-verb-5EL0rpXz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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