Hypertext Webster Gateway: "investigated"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Investigate \In*ves"ti*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Investigated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Investigating}.] [L.
investigatus, p. p. of investigare to investigate; pref. in-
in + vestigare to track, trace. See {Vestige}.]
To follow up step by step by patient inquiry or observation;
to trace or track mentally; to search into; to inquire and
examine into with care and accuracy; to find out by careful
inquisition; as, to investigate the causes of natural
phenomena.
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