† explorementn.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: explore v., -ment suffix.

Etymology: < explore v. + -ment suffix. Compare earlier exploration n., exploring n.

Obsolete.

The action of exploring; = exploration n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [noun] > action of investigating

vesteyinga1425

exquisitionc1430

investigationa1450

inspect1490

exploration1544

prosecution1564

indagation1583

investigating1598

searchant1635

explorement1646

eyeballing1959

security check1970

the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [noun] > types of search or searching > searching a place or country for discovery

discovery?1574

exploring1577

exploration1616

surveying1632

explorement1646

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xiii. 137 The frustrated search of Porta, who upon the explorement of many, could never finde one.

1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Exploration, -orement, a spying or searching out.

1790 J. Naismith Thoughts on Var. Objects Industry pursued in Scotl. ii. vii. 279 That ill fated acuteness, the explorement of which, at the bars of criminal courts, strikes us with astonishment.

1840 G. Darley in Wks. of Beaumont & Fletcher I. Introd. p. xvii An author's..explorements and excursions are those in the world of..Imagination.

1879 J. T. Scharf Hist. Maryland I. iii. 78 Governor Calvert, in his present explorement of the Potomac, found, it seems, several distinct independent chiefs, called ‘Werowances’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	explorement
释义	† explorementn. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: explore v., -ment suffix. Etymology: < explore v. + -ment suffix. Compare earlier exploration n., exploring n. Obsolete. The action of exploring; = exploration n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [noun] > action of investigating vesteyinga1425 exquisitionc1430 investigationa1450 inspect1490 exploration1544 prosecution1564 indagation1583 investigating1598 searchant1635 explorement1646 eyeballing1959 security check1970 the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > [noun] > types of search or searching > searching a place or country for discovery discovery?1574 exploring1577 exploration1616 surveying1632 explorement1646 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. xiii. 137 The frustrated search of Porta, who upon the explorement of many, could never finde one. View more context for this quotation 1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Exploration, -orement, a spying or searching out. 1790 J. Naismith Thoughts on Var. Objects Industry pursued in Scotl. ii. vii. 279 That ill fated acuteness, the explorement of which, at the bars of criminal courts, strikes us with astonishment. 1840 G. Darley in Wks. of Beaumont & Fletcher I. Introd. p. xvii An author's..explorements and excursions are those in the world of..Imagination. 1879 J. T. Scharf Hist. Maryland I. iii. 78 Governor Calvert, in his present explorement of the Potomac, found, it seems, several distinct independent chiefs, called ‘Werowances’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1646
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