What does unfathom mean?
Unfathom means (transitive) to come to comprehend; demystify..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(transitive) to come to comprehend; demystify..
[…] 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; […]
De Vortimer started up, and drawing his sword “By heavens,” said he, “tell me which of you have done this, or I will tear the secret from your hearts! This is some base plot, which I will unfathom ere you leave the chamber.”
“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.
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.
The King smells danger and will ship Hamlet off to England; Polonius wants to try one last time to unfathom the prince.
A voiceover at our end warned that we might find it 'a bit of a mystery to unfathom what's going on'. But really it was not all that hard to unfathom. Even when you couldn't follow the American commentators you could tell they were talking sense.
Use unfathom when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Unfathom means (transitive) to come to comprehend; demystify..
Common synonyms include fathom, unravel.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] 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; […]
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