pervestigation

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.

References

• “pervestigation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.