单词 | to fathom into |
释义 | > as lemmasto fathom into 5. intransitive. To take soundings. literal and figurative. Also, †to fathom into: to enquire into. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > investigate, inspect [verb (intransitive)] inquirec1330 aska1382 ensearch1382 questiona1500 investigate?1520 vestigatea1561 to look into ——1561 perpend1568 mouse1575 rake1603 undergo1605 fathom1607 ravel1618 examine1628 inquisition1644 to cast abouta1676 inspect1703 sound1793 disquisitea1823 look-see1862 to cast about one1867 1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. i. sig. B4 And deepely fadomd into all estates. 1751 R. Paltock Life Peter Wilkins I. ix. 76 Upon fathoming, I could find no Bottom. 1854 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity III. vi. ii. 22 The philosopher..went fathoming on..in the very abysses of human thought. 1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 72 I can fathom by no plummet-line sunk in life's apparent laws. < as lemmas |
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