单词 | explorate |
释义 | † explorateadj. Obsolete. Definite, obvious; well-researched. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > [adjective] > scrutinized well-examined1581 exploratea1628 well-studied1842 microscoped1889 a1628 J. Clare Converted Jew (1630) ii. 120 You are wyse, learned, and loth (no dowbt) to commit any such explorate errours, as the force of Naturall Reason and your owne Consciences may freely check. 1635 N. N. Maria Triumphans 54 It is certaine and explorate, that God could preserue the B. Uirgin from contagion of Originall Sinne. 1655 W. How Let. 20 Sept. in Sir T. Browne's Wks. (1836) I. 418 Any of your mature explorate additions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2021). exploratev. Now rare. transitive. To search out; to examine, to investigate. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > search for or seek [verb (transitive)] > search (a place) > explore or search through fand?c1225 visit1338 discoverc1440 explorate?1549 explore1577 survey1592 exquire1607 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > inspect, survey [verb (transitive)] > a place, etc. perambulate1450 perlustrate1535 view1539 explorate?1549 explore1577 perlustrea1600 reacknowledge1622 canvass1652 reconnoitre1712 recce1943 ?1549 J. Hooper Declar. 10 Commandm. iii. 29 The 12. Princes that were sent to explorate, and sarche the priuites and condition of the lond of Canaan. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xx. 155 Snails..exclude their hornes, and therewith explorate their way. 1690 T. Beverley Concil. Judgment concerning Dr. Crisp's Serm. 12 He did but Explorate by Works like it self, for a Faith Reaching Christ in that Fundamental Operation of it, as the Immanent Spirit of it. 1784 R. Boswell Bk. Psalms in Metre vii. 11 Thou, just God, the hearts and reins explorate wisely dost. 1844 Era 21 Jan. 8/4 Their peregrinations ended in the lady's bed-chamber, the mysteries of which she must have been particularly solicitous he should see and explorate. 1882 Newcastle Courant 21 July 4/6 I see another expedition to Ephesus is contemplated to further explorate the Temple of Diana. 1992 A. Kurzweil Case of Curiosities ii. 17 What does a child's finger do? Pick a nose, poke an ear, explorate the seven apertures the body is granted by God. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1628v.?1549 |
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