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1. To dig; to open (the ground) as with a spade. "Delve of convenient depth your thrashing floo" (Dryden)
2. To dig into; to penetrate; to trace out; to fathom. "I can not delve him to the root." (Shak)
Origin: AS. Delfan to dig; akin to OS. Bidelban to bury, D. Delven to dig, MHG. Telben, and possibly to E. Dale. Cf. Delf a mine.
(01 Mar 1998)
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