See Also: Levellers, the(dictionary)

investigation (iou) and Levellers, the (oh)


investigation (iou)



investigation noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French, or Latin investigatio(n-), formed as INVESTIGATE: see -ATION.]
The action or process of investigating; systematic examination; careful research. LME.
G. Cheyne There is scarce a Geometer, but has his own Method of Investigation.
An instance of this; a systematic inquiry; a careful study of a particular subject. L18.
J. Thurber A recent investigation of the worries and concerns of five thousand selected Americans. N. Symington The central area of Freud's investigations was the unconscious.
investi'gational adjective E20.

Levellers, the (oh)



a religious and political group in England in the 17th century, which began during the English Civil War, and demanded equal political rights and freedom of Religion for everyone