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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Delve \Delve\v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Delved}; p. pr & vb n. {Delving}.] [AS. delfan to dig; akin to OS bidelban to bury, D. delven to dig, MHG. telben, and possibly to E. dale. Cf {Delf} a mine.] 1. To dig; to open (the ground) as with a spade. Delve of convenient depth your thrashing floor. --Dryden. 2. To dig into to penetrate; to trace out to fathom. I can not delve him to the root. --Shak.
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