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investigate, v.|ɪnˈvɛstɪgeɪt|
[f. L. investīgāt-, ppl. stem of investīgāre, f. in- (in-2) + vestīgāre to track, trace out.]
1. trans. To search or inquire into; to examine (a matter) systematically or in detail; to make an inquiry or examination into.
c1510Barclay Mirr. Gd. Manners (1570) B iij, This learning..cleare, playne and open, it selfe ready to shewe To suche as it searcheth, or will inuestigate. 1675Baxter Cath. Theol. ii. i. 16 This is the only necessary and the sufficient method of Gods Decrees, which Man can investigate. 1772Junius Lett. lxviii. 337 To investigate a question of law, demands some labour and attention. 1863Mrs. Oliphant Salem Ch. I. xiii. 223 Vincent proceeded to investigate the Directory. 1874Helps Soc. Press. iii. 40 Such was the belief of those persons who..investigated the matter.
†b. To trace out, to track. Obs.
1774S. Hallifax Anal. Rom. Law (1795) 52 The degrees of Consanguinity, by which the next of Kin are investigated.
2. intr. To make search; to reconnoitre, to scout; to inquire systematically, to make investigation.
c1510Barclay Mirr. Gd. Manners (1570) D vj, If he take a drinke intoxicate, Soon doth he for phisike and ayde investigate. 1581Styward Mart. Discipl. ii. 119 Thy light horsemen going before inuestigating and spieng where they maie passe. 1714Mandeville Fab. Bees (1723) 395, I intend now to investigate into the nature of Society. 1864Mrs. Carlyle Lett. III. 237, I have investigated, and found all true.
Hence inˈvestigating vbl. n. and ppl. a.; also inˈvestigatingly adv., in an investigating manner; inquiringly, questioningly.
1833J. H. Newman Arians ii. v. (1876) 221 Controversialists, who thought that truth was gained by disputing instead of investigating. 1856Olmsted Slave States 222 The report of the investigating commission was never made public. 1883R. Broughton Belinda II. iii. i. 173 Her sister's eyes flash investigatingly upon her. 1891E. Castle Consequences I. ii. ii. 208 The veteran eyed him investigatingly. |
