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undelve

undelve verb: to reveal by delving; to dig up.

Verb

undelve (third-person singular simple present undelves, present participle undelving, simple past and past participle 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
    • 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

Forms of undelve

third-person singular presentundelves
present participleundelving
past participleundelved
pastundelved

Origin of undelve

From un- + delve.

Questions about undelve

What does undelve mean?
Undelve means to reveal by delving; to dig up.
What part of speech is undelve?
Undelve is a verb.
What is the past tense of undelve?
The past tense of undelve is undelved.

Words near undelve in the dictionary

  1. undeludes
  2. undeluding
  3. undeluged
  4. undelusional
  5. undelusive
  6. undelve
  7. undelved
  8. undemagnetizable
  9. undemanded
  10. undemanding
  11. undemandingly

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