Unfathom

Quick meaning: Unfathom is a verb meaning (transitive) to come to comprehend; demystify.

Meaning

(transitive) to come to comprehend; demystify.

Example Sentences

The King smells danger and will ship Hamlet off to England; Polonius wants to try one last time to unfathom the prince.

“Scientific ” breeding is a subject worthy of much discussion, and one that has long engaged my closest attention. Happy should be the man able to unfathom its many mysteries.

[…] if the anatomists and physicians find it beyond their penetration to unfathom the mysterious depths in the texture, generation, growth, and operations, of the human body; […]

A body in the forward zone, buried or unburied, is Each night freshly degraded like traitor-corpse, where his heavies flog and violate; each day unfathoms yesterdays unkindness; dung-making Holy Ghost temples.

Word Forms

• unfathoms
• unfathoming
• unfathomed

Synonyms for unfathom

Depending on context, synonyms include fathom, unravel.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unplumbed, deep, profound, demystify, undeceive, unbaffle.

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