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ex·plore  (k-splôr, -splr)
v. ex·plored, ex·plor·ing, ex·plores
v.tr.
1. To investigate systematically; examine: explore every possibility.
2. To search into or travel in for the purpose of discovery: exploring outer space.
3. Medicine To examine for diagnostic purposes.
v.intr.
To make a careful examination or search: scientists who have been known to explore in this region of the earth.
[Latin explrre : ex-, ex- + perhaps plrre, to cry out, as to rouse game.]


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If the exploring delight be in me, which impelleth sails to the undiscovered, if the seafarer's delight be in my delight:
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
The old grass looked greener, and the young grass thrust up its tiny blades; the buds of the guelder-rose and of the currant and the sticky birch-buds were swollen with sap, and an exploring bee was humming about the golden blossoms that studded the willow.
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If a young man with an idea can once get Jim Burden's attention, can manage to accompany him when he goes off into the wilds hunting for lost parks or exploring new canyons, then the money which means action is usually forthcoming.
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