approfoundv.
/aprəʊˈfaʊnd/ transitive. To go deeply into, to search the depths of (a subject of study). (A Gallicism.)
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the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > research > find out by investigation [verb (transitive)] > by study or observation
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1885 R. G. White Stud. Shakespeare 35 Subtle theories as to Shakespeare's purpose in this play have been set forth by critics who engage in the task of approfounding him.
1897 Sat. Rev. 8 May 520 These seven pages of M. Mallarmé would take longer to approfound than all the back numbers of ‘Cosmopolis’ put together.
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