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To examine with the eye to make a preliminary examination or survey of; esp., to survey with a view to military or engineering operations.

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  1. v. t. To examine with the eye to make a preliminary examination or survey of; esp., to survey with a view to military or engineering operations.
  2. v. t. To recognize.
  3. v. explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody
  4. 1. To examine with the eye to make a preliminary examination or survey of; esp., to survey with a view to military or engineering operations. 2. To recognize. [Obs.] Sir H. Walpole.
  5. v explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody