This is the 8333rd most frequent Dutch word.
gevist
"Fished" (past tense of "fish").
The word 'gevist' is used here to describe the act of fishing as a past participle in a perfect tense.
Hij heeft gisteren in de rivier gevist.
He fished in the river yesterday.
The word 'gevist' metaphorically means to extract or uncover something, used in this figurative sense as a past participle.
Ze heeft de ontbrekende informatie gevist uit de documenten.
She extracted the missing information from the documents.
Here, 'gevist' implies metaphorically seeking or probing for something, using 'to fish' as an idiomatic expression.