| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. The act or an instance of exploring or investigating: exploration, investigation, reconnaissance. See INVESTIGATE. 2. Something, as a remark, used to determine the attitude of another: feeler. Idioms: trial balloon. See INVESTIGATE. 3. A seeking of knowledge, data, or the truth about something: inquest, inquiry, inquisition, investigation, research. See INVESTIGATE. | | VERB: | 1. To go into or through for the purpose of making discoveries or acquiring information: delve, dig, explore, inquire, investigate, look into, reconnoiter, scout1. See INVESTIGATE. 2. To test the attitude of: feel out, sound3 (out). Idioms: put out feelers, send up a trial balloon. See INVESTIGATE.
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