v. t. [ L. expiscatus, p. p. of expiscari to fish out; ex out+piscari to fish, piscis fish. ] To fish out; to find out by skill or laborious investigation; to search out. “To expiscate principles.” [ R. ] Nichol. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dr. Burton has with much ingenuity endeavored to expiscate the truth which may be involved in them. W. L. Alexander. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. explicatus, p. p. of explicare. ] Evolved; unfolded. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Explicated p. pr. & vb. n. Explicating ] 1. To unfold; to expand; to lay open. [ Obs. ] “They explicate the leaves.” Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To unfold the meaning or sense of; to explain; to clear of difficulties or obscurity; to interpret. [ 1913 Webster ]

The last verse of his last satire is not yet sufficiently explicated. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]