fathomed

Webster's Dictionary (1913)

“fathomed” is listed under Fathom.

1. To encompass with the arms extended or encircling; to measure by throwing the arms about; to span. obsolete Samuel Purchas

2. To measure by a sounding line; especially, to sound the depth of; to penetrate, measure, and comprehend; to get to the bottom of. John Dryden

The page of life that was spread out before me seemed dull and commonplace, only because I had not fathomed its deeper import.— Hawthotne.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54