† evestigationn.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin evestigation-, evestigatio.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin evestigation-, evestigatio (1586 or earlier) < classical Latin ēvestīgāt- , past participial stem of ēvestīgāre evestigate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier evestigate v. Compare also earlier investigation n.

Obsolete.

An instance of searching out or tracing something; an investigation.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [noun] > instance of

inquisitionc1440

investigation1533

sight1592

review1611

percontation1623

evestigation1658

inquirendoa1846

shakedown1914

look-around1967

nosy1990

1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Evestigation, an earnest seeking after.

1757 Monthly Rev. Sept. 252 Sir Isaac perceiving that the industry of man furnished him with nothing whereon to rest his evestigations, found out other guides.

1769 J. Cleland Addit. Articles to Specimen of Etimol. Vocab. 36 A very attentive evestigation has satisfied me that they are ingenious allegorical representations.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	evestigation
释义	† evestigationn. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin evestigation-, evestigatio. Etymology: < post-classical Latin evestigation-, evestigatio (1586 or earlier) < classical Latin ēvestīgāt- , past participial stem of ēvestīgāre evestigate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier evestigate v. Compare also earlier investigation n. Obsolete. An instance of searching out or tracing something; an investigation. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [noun] > instance of inquisitionc1440 investigation1533 sight1592 review1611 percontation1623 evestigation1658 inquirendoa1846 shakedown1914 look-around1967 nosy1990 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Evestigation, an earnest seeking after. 1757 Monthly Rev. Sept. 252 Sir Isaac perceiving that the industry of man furnished him with nothing whereon to rest his evestigations, found out other guides. 1769 J. Cleland Addit. Articles to Specimen of Etimol. Vocab. 36 A very attentive evestigation has satisfied me that they are ingenious allegorical representations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.1658
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