Investigable
(In*ves"ti*ga*ble), a. [L. investigabilis. See In- not, and Vestigate.] Unsearchable; inscrutable.
[Obs.]
So unsearchable the judgment and so investigable the ways thereof.
Bale. 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.
Investigate
(In*ves"ti*gate), v. i. To pursue a course of investigation and study; to make investigation.
Investigation
(In*ves`ti*ga"tion) n. [L. investigatio: cf. F. investigation.] The act of investigating; the
process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as,
the investigations of the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of the judge, the moralist.
Investigative
(In*ves"ti*ga*tive) a. Given to investigation; inquisitive; curious; searching.
Investigator
(In*ves"ti*ga`tor) n. [L.: cf. F. investigateur.] One who searches diligently into a subject.
Investiture
(In*ves"ti*ture) n. [LL. investitura: cf. F. investiture.]
1. The act or ceremony of investing, or the state of being invested, as with an office; a giving possession; also,
the right of so investing.
He had refused to yield up to the pope the investiture of bishops.
Sir W. Raleigh. 2. (Feudal Law) Livery of seizin.
The grant of land or a feud was perfected by the ceremony of corporal investiture, or open delivery of
possession.
Blackstone. 3. That with which anyone is invested or clothed; investment; clothing; covering.
While we yet have on
Our gross investiture of mortal weeds.
Trench.
