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v. 1 investigate, ferret about, examine, peer, peek, be inquisitive, inquire or enquire They pried into her past but found nothing revealing 2 intrude, meddle, interfere, Colloq poke or stick one's nose in or into, snoop, be nosy, nose about or around, poke about or around They have no right to pry into my private affairs pseudonym n. nom de plume, nom de guerre, alias, pen-name, stage name, incognito 'George Eliot' was the pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans