All 3 Uses of
probe
in
The Age of Innocence
- If he had probed to the bottom of his vanity (as he sometimes nearly did) he would have found there the wish that his wife should be as worldly-wise and as eager to please as the married lady whose charms had held his fancy through two mildly agitated years; without, of course, any hint of the frailty which had so nearly marred that unhappy being's life, and had disarranged his own plans for a whole winter.†
Chpt 1probed = investigated
- Since she would not or could not say the one word that would have cleared the air, his wish was not to let her feel that he was trying to probe into her secret.†
Chpt 12 *probe = to investigate; or an investigation; or an instrument used for investigation
- As he came out into the lobby Archer ran across his friend Ned Winsett, the only one among what Janey called his "clever people" with whom he cared to probe into things a little deeper than the average level of club and chop-house banter.†
Chpt 14
Definition:
to investigate closely; or a tool or device used to explore, examine, or gather information