different between investigable vs investigate

English

Etymology

Latin investigabilis.

Adjective

investigable (comparative more investigable, superlative most investigable)

1. (chiefly philosophy and sciences) Capable of being investigated or studied.
   • 1869, Dr. Mann, "Statistical Notes Regarding the Colony of Natal," Journal of the Statistical Society of London, vol. 32, no. 1, p. 3:

     Indeed it is only possible to learn any thing at all of these really curious and interesting aboriginal people, by cross-examining living men, and ascertaining what they remember to have heard their fathers or their grandfathers say. The period which goes back beyond this very brief depth of reliable and investigable tradition is an absolute blank.

   • 1954, James Bates, "A Model for the Science of Decision," Philosophy of Science, vol. 21, no. 4, p. 336:

     This, of course, leaves aside those in value theory who maintain that values are not investigable by science.

   • 2003, J. Andrew Mendelsohn, "The Microscopist of Modern Life," Osiris, 2nd series, vol. 18, p. 159:

     The Paris population might hold bacteriological and epidemiological secrets, but to Yersin they were investigable and knowable ones.

Derived terms

• investigability

Translations

English

Etymology

Recorded since circa 1510, a Back-formation from investigation., from Latin invest?g?ti? (“a searching into”), from invest?g?tus, the past participle of investigare, equivalent to in- +? vestigate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?n.?v?s.t?.?e??t]

Verb

investigate (third-person singular simple present investigates, present participle investigating, simple past and past participle investigated)

1. (transitive) To inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information.

2. (transitive) To examine, look into, or scrutinize in order to discover something hidden or secret.

3. (intransitive) To conduct an inquiry or examination.
   • 1903, Jack London, "The Shadow and the Flash,"

     "Why don't you investigate?" he demanded. And investigate I did.

Synonyms

• underseek

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Further reading

• investigate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• investigate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• investigate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Italian

Verb

investigate

1. second-person plural present indicative of investigare
2. second-person plural imperative of investigare
3. feminine plural of investigato

Latin

Verb

invest?g?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of invest?g?