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indagation ? Obs.|ɪndəˈgeɪʃən| [ad. L. indāgātion-em, n. of action f. indāgāre: see prec.; cf. It. indagatione (Florio).] The action of searching or tracking out; investigation.
1589Nashe Anat. Absurd. 38 The indagation of the truth. 1590P. Barrough Meth. Physick (1639) Pref. 1 The painfull indagation of the secrets of nature. 1664Evelyn Sylva 95 See also with what accurateness the Society constantly proceeds in all their Indagations, and Experiments. 1772Nugent tr. Hist. Friar Gerund II. 341 Having mocked our most diligent and exquisite indagation. 1839Bailey Festus xix. (1848) 200 By indagation of supremest spheres Material and spiritual. |