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delve

delve [ delv ]


verb  (past and past participle delved, present participle delv·ing, 3rd person present singular delves)
Definition:
 
1. intransitive verb dig for information: to investigate or research something thoroughly in order to obtain information

2. transitive and intransitive verb excavate something: to dig something such as a ditch, hole, or burrow ( archaic )



noun  (plural delves)
Definition:
 
rummaging search: a rummaging or a digging into something to find something that is hidden or difficult to reach

[ Old English delfan< Germanic]

delv·er noun
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