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1 definition found 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.
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