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verb
To examine; explore; investigate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Qualifier: otherwise rare
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To spend too little time or effort in seeking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English underseken, onderseken (also undersechen), from Old English undersēcan (“to investigate, examine”), equivalent to under- + seek. Cognate with West Frisian ûndersykje (“to research”), Dutch onderzoeken (“to investigate, probe, examine”), German untersuchen (“to examine, investigate, explore”).
