pervestigation

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English

Etymology

Latin pervestigatio.

Noun

pervestigation (usually uncountable, plural pervestigations)

  1. (obsolete) thorough investigation
    • 1637, William Chillingworth, The Religion of Protestants:
      In the pervestigation of the true and genuine text, it was perspicuously manifest to all men that there was no argument more firm or certain to be relied on.

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