Verb

(examin)

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, year=1658 , author=Sidrach Simpson , title=Two Books of Mr Syndrach Simpson citation , page=202 , passage=It is lawful to examin' what is the e??ential nature of God. It is lawful to look into what God wil do, that we may ?ee his attributes ?hining forth in them : But to ' examin the truth of what he hath promi?ed, by that which is e??ential and natural unto God, is for a man to go out of the way that is ?aving.}}

Verb

(explor)

(obsolete) To seek for something or after someone.

To examine or investigate something systematically.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Katie L. Burke

, title= In the News , volume=101, issue=3, page=193, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.}}

To travel somewhere in search of discovery.

(medicine) To examine diagnostically.

To (seek) experience first hand.

To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses.

To wander without any particular aim or purpose.

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They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored' wherever they were permitted to ' explore , paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.