1549. Hooper, Declar. 10 Commandm. iii. The twelve princes that were sent to explorate and search the privities and condition of the land of Canaan.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., II. xx. 155–6. They [Snayls] … exclude their hornes, and therewith explorate their way.
1721–1800. in Bailey.
