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Fathomed (gcide) | Fathom \Fath"om\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fathomed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Fathoming.]
1. To encompass with the arms extended or encircling; to
measure by throwing the arms about; to span. [Obs.]
--Purchas.
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2. To measure by a sounding line; especially, to sound the
depth of; to penetrate, measure, and comprehend; to get to
the bottom of. --Dryden.
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The page of life that was spread out before me
seemed dull and commonplace, only because I had not
fathomed its deeper import. --Hawthotne.
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unfathomed (encz) | unfathomed, |
Fathomed (gcide) | Fathom \Fath"om\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fathomed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Fathoming.]
1. To encompass with the arms extended or encircling; to
measure by throwing the arms about; to span. [Obs.]
--Purchas.
[1913 Webster]
2. To measure by a sounding line; especially, to sound the
depth of; to penetrate, measure, and comprehend; to get to
the bottom of. --Dryden.
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The page of life that was spread out before me
seemed dull and commonplace, only because I had not
fathomed its deeper import. --Hawthotne.
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Unfathomed (gcide) | Unfathomed \Unfathomed\
See fathomed. |
unfathomed (wn) | unfathomed
adj 1: situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have
been sounded or plumbed; "the profound depths of the
sea"; "the dark unfathomed caves of ocean"-Thomas Gray;
"unplumbed depths of the sea"; "remote and unsounded
caverns" [syn: profound, unfathomed, unplumbed,
unsounded] |
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