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单词 forensicate
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forensicatev.

Brit. /fəˈrɛnzᵻkeɪt/, /fəˈrɛnsᵻkeɪt/, U.S. /fəˈrɛnzəˌkeɪt/, /fəˈrɛnsəˌkeɪt/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: forensic adj., -ate suffix3.
Etymology: < forensic adj. + -ate suffix3.
1. transitive and intransitive. Chiefly U.S. To argue, debate, or speak publicly about (something), now esp. competitively. Cf. forensic adj. 1, forensics n. 1.In quot. 1858 reflexive: to make one's way by debating or public speaking.
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1858 H. Robinson Sea Drift vi Look at excellent individuals who fight, or vote, or job, or forensicate themselves into the House of Peers.
1915 Santa Cruz (Calif.) Sentinel 16 Feb. 8/3 At the Socialist debate Thursday night at Painters' union hall..the question of whether or not the city shall purchase the Hihn water system, will be forensicated.
1991 Asbury Park (New Jersey) Press 24 Mar. aa1/1 Completing an impromptu speech..Roe gets fairly high reviews from his teammates, but Patrick Flynn..offers some sage advice for one about to forensicate..in the land of the Mother Tongue: ‘You better lose that New Jersey accent.’
2. transitive. To analyse (a crime scene, piece of evidence, etc.) using forensic science; to examine forensically.
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1993 S. Cook One Dead Tory xx. 189 We'll forensicate the sheet if you like... But I can't see where it'll take us.
2015 Irish Daily Mail (Nexis) 14 Jan. 51 When the murder weapon, a monkey wrench, was sent off for fingerprinting and DNA tests, he announced it was going to be ‘forensicated’.
2019 A. Jackaman Napper 54 The scene had now been fully forensicated, including fingerprinting.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
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