Delve meaning
Delved through the court records.
When you jump into researching the question of global warming, this is an example of a situation where you delve into the topic.
When you dig around in your purse to try to find your wallet, this is an example of a situation where you delve into your purse.
The explorers delved into the forest.
Origin of delve
- Middle English delven to dig from Old English delfan
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English delven, delfan (“to dig, examine, bury, imbed, implant”), from Old English delfan (“to dig, dig out, burrow, bury”), from Proto-Germanic *delbaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelbʰ- (“to dig”). Compare Dutch delven.
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