Both Uses of
fathom
in
The Scarlet Letter
- The page of life that was spread out before me seemed dull and commonplace only because I had not fathomed its deeper import.†
Chpt Intr. *
- "People of New England!" cried he, with a voice that rose over them, high, solemn, and majestic—yet had always a tremor through it, and sometimes a shriek, struggling up out of a fathomless depth of remorse and woe—"ye, that have loved me!†
Chpt 23
Definition:
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(fathom as in: can't fathom) to come to understand