fathom, fadmen, fadmyn, fadomyn

t. [A. S. fælhman; Icel. fadhma; Sw. fauma; Dan. favne.] I. Literally : IMG:content-1468.png:[blocks in formation] 1. To sound; to reach in depth; to get or reach to the bottom of. "There is indeed such a depth in nature that it is never likely to be thoroughly fathomed ."- Glanvill : E ay iv. 2. To penetrate, to comprehend, to understand. "The short reach of sense and natural reason is not always able to fathom the contrivance." -South : Sermons, vol. x., ser. 5.