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Definition of: delve
(delv) v. delved, delv·ing v.i.
1. To make careful investigation for facts, knowledge, etc.: to delve into a crime.
2. To slope down; descend, as a road or hill.
3. Archaic & Dial. To engage in digging.
—v.t.
4. Archaic & Dial. To turn over or dig (ground).
—noun An excavation; pit; depression in a surface. [OE delfan]
—delv′er noun
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