Expiscate \Ex*pis"cate\, 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. Dr.Burton has with much ingenuity endeavord to expiscate the truth which may be involved in them. --W. L. Alexander.