inspect+closely

  • 11inspect — verb look at closely, typically to assess quality. ↘examine officially. Derivatives inspection noun Origin C17 (earlier (ME) as inspection): from L. inspect , inspicere look into, examine , or from its frequentative, inspectare …

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  • 12inspect — v.tr. 1 look closely at or into. 2 examine (a document etc.) officially. Derivatives: inspection n. Etymology: L inspicere inspect (as IN (2), specere look at), or its frequent. inspectare …

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  • 13inspect — verb Etymology: Latin inspectus, past participle of inspicere, from in + specere to look more at spy Date: circa 1623 transitive verb 1. to view closely in critical appraisal ; look over 2. to examine officially < inspects the barracks every&#8230; …

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  • 14inspect — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. examine, scrutinize; check (up); oversee; investigate, look into. See attention, vision. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. scrutinize, probe, investigate; see examine 1 . See Synonym Study at scrutinize .&#8230; …

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  • 15examine — ex·am·ine vt ex·am·ined, ex·am·in·ing 1: to investigate or inspect closely examine the title compare audit 2: to question closely esp. in a court proceeding compare depose …

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  • 16look into — verb 1. investigate scientifically (Freq. 6) Let s investigate the syntax of Chinese • Syn: ↑investigate • Derivationally related forms: ↑investigation (for: ↑investigate), ↑ …

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  • 17examine — verb (examined; examining) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French examiner, from Latin examinare, from examen Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to inspect closely b. to test the condition of c. to inquire into carefully ; …

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  • 18Look — (l[oo^]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Looked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Looking}.] [OE. loken, AS. l[=o]cian; akin to G. lugen, OHG. luog[=e]n.] 1. To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to observe with the …

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  • 19Looked — Look Look (l[oo^]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Looked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Looking}.] [OE. loken, AS. l[=o]cian; akin to G. lugen, OHG. luog[=e]n.] 1. To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to&#8230; …

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  • 20Looking — Look Look (l[oo^]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Looked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Looking}.] [OE. loken, AS. l[=o]cian; akin to G. lugen, OHG. luog[=e]n.] 1. To direct the eyes for the purpose of seeing something; to direct the eyes toward an object; to&#8230; …

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