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delve  audio  (dlv) KEY 

VERB:
delved, delvˇing, delves
VERB:
intr.
  1. To search deeply and laboriously: delved into the court records.
  2. To dig the ground, as with a spade.
VERB:
tr.
Archaic To dig (ground) with a spade.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English delven, to dig, from Old English delfan

OTHER FORMS:
delver(Noun)


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