Verb

(explor)

(obsolete) To seek for something or after someone.

To examine or investigate something systematically.

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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.

Verb

(en verb)

To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to rise above, so as to command a view of

to overlook a valley from a hill

Hence: To supervise; to watch over; sometimes, to observe secretly

to overlook a gang of laborers; to overlook one who is writing a letter

To inspect; to examine; to look over carefully or repeatedly.

To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to fascinate.

To fail to notice; to look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it; to miss or omit in looking.

To pretend not to have noticed, especially a mistake; to pass over without censure or punishment.