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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Probe  \Probe\,  n.  (Surg.) 
  An  instrument  for  examining  the  depth  or  other  circumstances 
  of  a  wound,  ulcer,  or  cavity,  or  the  direction  of  a  sinus,  of 
  for  exploring  for  bullets,  for  stones  in  the  bladder,  etc 
  --Parr. 
 
  {Probe},  or  {Probe-pointed},  {scissors}  (Surg.),  scissors 
  used  to  open  wounds,  the  blade  of  which  to  be  thrust  into 
  the  orifice,  has  a  button  at  the  end  --Wiseman. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Probe  \Probe\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Probed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Probing}.]  [L.  probare  to  try  examine.  See  {Prove}.] 
  1.  To  examine,  as  a  wound,  an  ulcer,  or  some  cavity  of  the 
  body,  with  a  probe. 
 
  2.  Fig.:  to  search  to  the  bottom;  to  scrutinize  or  examine 
  thoroughly.  --Dryden. 
 
  The  growing  disposition  to  probe  the  legality  of  all 
  acts  of  the  crown.  --Hallam. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  probe 
  n  1:  an  inquiry  into  unfamiliar  or  questionable  activities; 
  "there  was  a  congressional  probe  into  the  scandal"  [syn: 
  {probing},  {investigation}] 
  2:  a  flexible  slender  surgical  instrument  used  to  explore 
  wounds  or  body  cavities 
  3:  an  exploratory  action  or  expedition 
  4:  an  investigation  conducted  using  a  probe  instrument 
  v  1:  question  or  examine  thoroughly  and  closely  [syn:  {examine}] 
  2:  examine  physically  with  or  as  if  with  a  probe;  "probe  an 
  anthill"  [syn:  {dig  into},  {poke  into}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  Probe 
 
  An  {object-oriented}  {logic  language}  based  on  {ObjVlisp}. 
 
  ["Proposition  d'une  Extension  Objet  Minimale  pour  Prolog", 
  Actes  du  Sem  Prog  en  Logique  Tregastel  (May  1987), 
  pp  483-506].




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