perscrutatev.
/pəːˈskruːteɪt/, U.S. /pərˈskruˌteɪt/ rare (literary).
transitive. To make a careful or thorough investigation of (something).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > scrutinize [verb (transitive)]
through-seekOE
gropea1250
to search outa1382
ensearch1382
boltc1386
examinea1387
ransackc1390
ripea1400
search1409
overreach?a1425
considerc1425
perquirec1460
examec1480
peruse?1520
grounda1529
study1528
oversearch1532
perscrute1536
scrute1536
to go over ——1537
scan1548
examinate1560
rifle1566
to consider of1569
excuss1570
ripe1573
sift1573
sift1577
to pry into ——1581
dive1582
rub1591
explore1596
pervestigate1610
dissecta1631
profound1643
circumspect1667
scrutinize1671
perscrutatea1679
introspect1683
rummage1690
reconnoitre1740
scrutinate1742
to look through1744
scrutiny1755
parse1788
gun1819
cat-haul1840
vivisect1876
scour1882
microscope1888
tooth-comb1893
X-ray1896
comb1904
fine-tooth comb1949
a1679 R. Wild Benefice (1689) iv. 40 With your perspicuous Luminaries to contemplate and perscrutate these Testifications, you shall be animadverted of my Deportment in the Oxfordian Society.
1900 Contemp. Rev. Dec. 789 We had all savage languages perscrutated by new Bopps and Kuhns.
1984 S. A. Prasad Japanologists 345 If one is looking for the real, the inner meaning of divine teaching, one should perscrutate the issho but without losing sight of the main text.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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