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Webster 1913 Edition

research

re-search′

,
Verb.
T.
[Pref.
re-
+
search
: cf. OF.
recerchier
, F.
rechercher
.]
To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.

Webster 1828 Edition

Research

RESEARCH

,
Noun.
reserch'. Diligent inquiry or examination in seeking facts or principles; laborious or continued search after truth; as researches of human wisdom.

RESEARCH

,
Verb.
T.
reserch'.
1.
To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently for the truth.
It is not easy to research with due distinction, in the actions of eminent personages, both how much may have been blemished by the envy of others, and what was corrupted by their own felicity. [Unusual.]
2.
To search again; to examine anew.

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