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explore

exp·lore

UK/ɪkˈsplɔː/ US/ɪkˈsploɹ/ fairly common

verb

1.

inquire into

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2.

travel to or penetrate into

  • “explore unknown territory in biology”
3.
4.

examine (organs etc.) for diagnostic purposes

Origin

From Middle French explorer, from Latin explōrāre (“to investigate, search out”), itself said to be originally a hunters' term meaning "to set up a loud cry", from ex- (“out”) + plōrāre (“to cry”), but the second element is also explained as "to make to flow" (from pluere (“to flow”)).

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