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<hw>Ex*plor"a*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Exploratory.</def>

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<hw>Ex"plo*ra`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>One who explores; one who examines closely; a searcher.</def>

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<hw>Ex*plor"a*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exploratorius</ets>.]</ety> <def>Serving or intended to explore; searching; examining; explorative.</def>

<i>Sir H. Wotton.</i>

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<hw>Ex*plore"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Explored</er><tt>(?)</tt>;<tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Exploring</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>explorare</ets> to explore; <ets>ex</ets> out+<ets>plorare</ets> to cry out aloud,prob. orig., to cause to flow; perh. akin to E. <ets>flow</ets>: cf. F. <ets>explorer</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To seek for or after; to strive to attain by search; to look wisely and carefully for.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Explores</b> the lost, the wandering sheep directs. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To search through or into; to penetrate or range over for discovery; to examine thoroughly; <as>as, to <ex>explore</ex> new countries or seas; to <ex>explore</ex> the depths of science.</as></def> "Hidden frauds <i>explore</i>."

<i>Dryden.</i>

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<hw>Ex*plore"ment</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of exploring; exploration.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

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<hw>Ex*plor"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who explores; also, an apparatus with which one explores, as a diving bell.</def>

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<hw>Eplor"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Employed in, or designed for, exploration.</def> "<i>Exploring</i> parties."

<i>Bancroft.</i>

<h1>Explosion</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*plo"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>explosio</ets> a driving off by clapping: cf. F. <ets>explosion</ets> explosion. See <er>Explode</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of exploding; detonation; a chemical action which causes the sudden formation of a great volume of expanded gas; <as>as, the <ex>explosion</ex> of gunpowder, of fire damp,etc.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A bursting with violence and loud noise, because of internal pressure; <as>as, the <ex>explosion</ex> of a gun, a bomb, a steam boiler, etc.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A violent outburst of feeling, manifested by excited language, action, etc.; <as>as, an <ex>explosion</ex> of wrath</as>.</def>

<blockquote>A formidable <b>explosion</b> of high-church fanaticism. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Ex*plo"sive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>explosif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; <as>as, the <ex>explosive</ex> force of gunpowder</as>.</def>

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