Hypertext Webster Gateway: "explore"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Explore \Ex*plore"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Explored}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Exploring}.] [L. explorare to explore; ex out+plorare
to cry out aloud,prob. orig., to cause to flow; perh. akin to
E. flow: cf. F. explorer.]
1. To seek for or after; to strive to attain by search; to
look wisely and carefully for. [Obs.]
Explores the lost, the wandering sheep directs.
--Pope.
2. To search through or into; to penetrate or range over for
discovery; to examine thoroughly; as, to explore new
countries or seas; to explore the depths of science.
``Hidden frauds [to] explore.'' --Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
explore
v 1: inquire into [syn: {research}, {search}]
2: travel to or penetrate into; of unknown territory, for
scientific purposes
3: examine minutely
4: examine for diagnostic purposes, as of organs
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