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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sound \Sound\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sounded}; p. pr & vb n.
{Sounding}.] [F. sonder; cf AS sundgyrd a sounding rod,
sundline a sounding line (see {Sound} a narrow passage of
water).]
1. To measure the depth of to fathom; especially, to
ascertain the depth of by means of a line and plummet.
2. Fig.: To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts,
motives, and purposes of (a person); to examine; to try
to test; to probe.
I was in jest, And by that offer meant to sound your
breast. --Dryden.
I've sounded my Numidians man by man. --Addison.
3. (Med.) To explore, as the bladder or urethra, with a
sound; to examine with a sound; also to examine by
auscultation or percussion; as to sound a patient.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
sounded
adj : (of water depth) measured by a line and plumb [syn: {plumbed}]
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