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delve
Pronunciation: ⁄dɛlv⁄
verb
[no object]
·              1reach inside a receptacle and search for something:she delved in her pocket
·   research or make painstaking enquiries into something:the society is determined to delve deeper into the matter
·              2 archaic dig; excavate:when Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?[with object]:the approach from the surface above had awed her, so hugely delved were the tunnels


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