Explore \Ex*plore"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Explored; p. pr. & vb. n. Exploring.]

[L. explorare to explore; ex out+plorare to cry out aloud,prob. orig., to cause to flow; perh. akin to E. flow: cf. F. explorer.]

1. To seek for or after; to strive to attain by search; to look wisely and carefully for. [Obs.]

Explores the lost, the wandering sheep directs. --Pope.

2. To search through or into; to penetrate or range over for discovery; to examine thoroughly; as, to explore new countries or seas; to explore the depths of science. ``Hidden frauds [to] explore.'' --Dryden.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)