undelve

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verb

To reveal by delving; to dig up.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

verbundelve (third-person singular simple present undelves, present participle undelving, simple past and past participle undelved)

present singular third person undelves · participle present undelving · participle past undelved · past undelved

  1. To reveal by delving; to dig up.

    I know were I to pierce that hide I would undelve intestine, bolus, bile, blood, paramecia — and yet the breathing animal body bears more, which now I crave.

    1986, Michael Mayo, Practising angels
    1 more example

    While undelving the conditions of the possibility of knowledge, rooted in the subjective cognitive apparatus (this critique is called 'transcendental'), he makes clear reason is not equipped to probe behind the surface of the mirror and face the transcendent, the Hintenwelt out of reach.

    2017, Wim van den Dungen, Emptiness Panacea, →ISBN, page 94

Origin

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