All 11 Uses of
fathom
in
War and Peace
- Let us try to conform to them and follow them, and let us be persuaded that the less we let our feeble human minds roam, the better we shall please God, who rejects all knowledge that does not come from Him; and the less we seek to fathom what He has been pleased to conceal from us, the sooner will He vouchsafe its revelation to us through His divine Spirit.†
Chpt 1
- Evening passed, night came, and the feeling of suspense and softening of heart in the presence of the unfathomable did not lessen but increased.†
Chpt 4
- The day after he had been received into the Lodge, Pierre was sitting at home reading a book and trying to fathom the significance of the Square, one side of which symbolized God, another moral things, a third physical things, and the fourth a combination of these.†
Chpt 5
- To clear up this last point for himself, Prince Andrew, utilizing his position and acquaintances, tried to fathom the character of the control of the army and of the men and parties engaged in it, and he deduced for himself the following of the state of affairs.†
Chpt 9
- She could not fathom whether it was curiosity, devotion, gratitude, or apprehension and distrust—but the expression on all the faces was identical.†
Chpt 10 *
- But to Pierre he always remained what he had seemed that first night: an unfathomable, rounded, eternal personification of the spirit of simplicity and truth.†
Chpt 12
- She took turns with her beside his sofa, and did not cry any more, but prayed continually, turning in soul to that Eternal and Unfathomable, whose presence above the dying man was now so evident.†
Chpt 12
- In his captivity he had learned that in Karataev God was greater, more infinite and unfathomable than in the Architect of the Universe recognized by the Freemasons.†
Chpt 15
- Now, however, he had learned to see the great, eternal, and infinite in everything, and therefore—to see it and enjoy its contemplation—he naturally threw away the telescope through which he had till now gazed over men's heads, and gladly regarded the ever-changing, eternally great, unfathomable, and infinite life around him.†
Chpt 15
- She seemed to be trying to fathom the hidden meaning of his words which would explain his feeling for her.†
Chpt 15
- She felt he had a world apart, which he loved passionately and which had laws she had not fathomed.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(fathom as in: can't fathom) to come to understand