?a1475 (?a1425) in tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1882) VIII. App. 461 The seide conclusions, whom thei prechede openly amonge the peple, examinate were founde erroneus, fulle of heresy.

1483 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 48 That all vnfre hammerman..cum to the maisteris of the saidis craftis to be examinat.

a1550 ( G. Ripley Compend of Alchemy (Bodl. e Mus.) f. 60^v (MED) Our medicine..shalbe therby nobilizate; That must be done in maners twoo ffro tyme the partes be desponsate whiche muste be crusefyed & examinate..And after revived by the spirit of Lyffe, Then vp to heaven they muste exaltid be.

1573 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 213 My Lord Regentis Grace..ordanit David Nicholl and Johnne Barclay witnessis, sworne and examinat of befoir..to be re-examinat.

c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 20 This young gentilwoman is first accuisit befoir the Lordis of Counsall and scharplie examinat.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. ix. 266 Unless ane were judicially examinate.

1534 in J. Gairdner Lett. & Papers Reign Henry VIII (1880) (modernized text) VII. 125 He..asked this examinate whether she had any money to give him in hand.

1537 J. Hallam in J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) III. xiv. 192 (note) Sir Francis Bigod..did read to this examinate a book made by himself.

c1570 in J. Raine Depositions Courts Durham (1845) 243 This examinate being at a kirkall at the said Anne father's house.

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1409/1 This examinat called on the earle, telling him the lieutenant was there.

1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xiv. v. 435 (note) To this the tormentors..fastened the armes and feet of the poor examinate or condemned person to be tortured.

1645 Deposition (Essex) in B. Cusack Everyday Eng. 1500–1700 (1998) 146 This Examinate being vpon Warley Common, sawe [etc.].

1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xxv. 290 There appeared to this examinate one in white apparel.

1742 Further Rep. Comm. Secrecy Conduct Earl of Orford (House of Commons) 32 This examinate perused the said draught, together with lord Cathcart.

1827 Courier 8 Sept. 3/4 Mary Anne Vandaville, a young woman of very diminutive stature, and daughter of the examinate, cohabited with Plumber.

1855 C. Kingsley Westward Ho! I. iii. 101 The examinate found it so difficult to answer the question that he suddenly became afflicted with deafness.

2007 E. Baldwin et al. Cheshire 1061 (note) Thomas Coppock was an examinate in this case.

1577 R. Willes & R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Hist. Trauayle W. & E. Indies f. 240^v The other examinates founde insufficient to proceede are sent backe to their studie againe.

1660 W. Durham Life R. Harris 14 The Bishop..tries his Examinate a little in Divinity, but most in other Learning and Greek.

1868 Daily News 20 Oct. A system of inter-collegiate lectures..open to all the examinats.

1874 Papers relating to Her Majesty's Colonial Possessions: Pt. I vii. 84 in Parl. Papers (C. 882) XLIV. 1 Discouraging teachers from sending up as examinates pupils who have little, if any, chance of obtaining a pass.

1892 Middlebury (Indiana) Independent 14 Apr. 1/4 At an examination held at the Agricultural college the question was put, ‘When is the best time to sow barley?’ The ‘examinate’..promptly replied: ‘Three days before a gentle rain.’

1560 J. Knox et al. Buke Discipline in J. Knox Wks. (1848) II. 189 The personis that ar to be examinated must be commanded to compeir befoir men of soundest jugement.

1618 in R. M. Fergusson Logie Parish Hist. (1905) I. 87 To examinat the said Bessie vpon sik positiones and points.

1792 Trial of Avadanum Paupiah 57 Three of the prisoners..object to Venaigum being examinated.

1858 N.Y. Herald 23 Apr. 4/2 Copies of works containing samples of the engravings,..with a request to have the same examinated by artists.

1866 Student & Schoolmate 17 193 To-day's the day the skule committy meet here to examinate the teachers.

1965 Times 17 July 8/4 The housing construction subcommittee..were satisfied that all the balconies were structurally safe, but the consultants had been asked to examinate further parts.

1997 D. Macauley in R. S. Gottlieb Ecol. Community vi. 114 The nature (or plausibility) of these and other theories has not been—and cannot be—examinated in any detail here.