Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Explore

Explore , transitive verb

[Latin explorare to explore; ex out+plorare to cry out aloud,prob. orig., to cause to flow; perh. akin to English flow: compare French explorer.]

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