Fathom
Fathom verb - To measure the depth of (as a body of water) typically with a weighted line.
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Read and fathom are semantically related in understand topic. In some cases you can use "Read" instead a verb "Fathom".
Read
Read verb - To go over and mentally take in the content of.
Fathom and read are semantically related in understand topic. Sometimes you can use "Fathom" instead a verb "Read".
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| thoughts | fathom thoughts | read thoughts |
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It's left open-ended whether or not if Killinger is simply immune to psychic probing and Orpheus overexerted himself trying to read, or if Orpheus accidentally discovered something that even his mystical mind could not fathom.
Source: Poke in the Third Eye
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