v. Obs.–0 [f. L. ēvestīgāt-us, pple. f. ē out + vestīgāre to track, discover. Cf. INVESTIGATE.] trans. To seek out, search after, follow in the track of.
1656–81. in Blount, Glossogr.
1721–1800. in Bailey; hence in Craig, etc.
Hence Evestigated ppl. a. Evestigation, a searching out, an investigation.
1775. Ash, Evestigated, searched out.
1658. Phillips, Evestigation, an earnest seeking after.
1721–1800. in Bailey.
