The Collaborative International Dictionary
Prospect \Pros"pect\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prospected; p. pr. & vb. n. Prospecting.] To look over; to explore or examine for something; as, to prospect a district for gold.
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vb. (en-past of: prospect)
Usage examples of "prospected".
Cash had prospected and trapped for more than fifteen years now, and he preached the doctrine of freedom and the great outdoors.
He had prospected Avalanche Creekâs high, dangerous reaches years ago and found mostly chilblains and bruises for his efforts.
They prospected the canyons one by one, both by carrying back samples of the bedrock gravels to the truck, to pan for particles of the heavy uranium and cadmium ores they sought, and by use of the Geiger counters they each carried.
We'd better let the canyons to be prospected between here and camp wait for the time being.
If he prospected up stream, he might come across the trail where they had issued forth again.