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Definition of Fathoming
1. fathom [v] - See also: fathom
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fathoming
Literary usage of Fathoming
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Michaud's History of the Crusades by Joseph Fr. Michaud (1852)
"... and which arts of eloquence, or fathoming the depths of the study of laws.
The latter had often served his master with glory amidst the perils of war, ..."
2. Annual of Scientific Discovery: Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells (1867)
"It was long before we could convince ourselves that the others were past hope,
and we exhausted ourselves fruitlessly for some time in fathoming the loose ..."
3. Junius: Including Letters by the Same Writer Under Other Signatures: to by Junius (1890)
"Tet, like many other desiderata, 1 am afraid it is likely to lie beyond the
fathoming of any line and plummet that will be applied to it in our days. ..."
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