单词 | undergrope |
释义 | † undergropev. Obsolete. transitive. To search into, to investigate; to learn. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > research > find out by investigation [verb (transitive)] seekc900 seeOE searcha1382 takea1382 inquire1390 undergrope?a1412 explore1531 to pry out1548 to scan out1548 to hunt out1576 sound1596 exquire1607 pervestigate1610 pump1611 trace1642 probe1649 to hunt up1741 to pick a person's brains (also brain)1770 verify1801 to get a load of1929 sus1966 ?a1412 J. Lydgate Fabula Duorum Merc. 351 And whan his freend the sothe gan vndirgrope Of this myscheef. 1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy iv. 4644 But he anon..Gan vndergrope, pleinly, what þei ment. 1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 28 The secunde yer of the forseyd pope, As be cronyculers I vndyrgrope, Fel a ful greuows dissencyoun. 1678 A. Littleton Linguæ Latinæ Liber Dictionarius Subtento, to assay or try underhand, to under-grope. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < v.?a1412 |
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