单词 | scrutinize |
释义 | scrutinizev. 1. a. transitive. To subject to scrutiny; to examine methodically and with close attention. 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 1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ Introd. 6 We have with much labour scrutinized the best Authors, &c. 1764 T. Reid Inq. Human Mind vi. §6 Des Cartes gave a noble example of turning our attention inward and scrutinizing our sensations. 1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family I. 295 She began..to scrutinize her heart, with an uncommon degree of severity. 1876 M. E. Braddon Joshua Haggard's Daughter I. 75 Mr. Pentreath scrutinised his son through his spectacles, perhaps to make sure that he was sober. 1881 J. A. Froude Short Stud. IV. ii. iv. 215 The closer all such documents are scrutinised the more clear becomes the nature of their origin. b. spec. with reference to votes. (Cf. scrutiny n. 2c.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > proceedings at election > [verb (transitive)] > scrutinize canvassa1715 scrutinize1750 1750 H. Walpole Let. to H. Mann 25 Feb. The Westminster election, which is still scrutinising, produced us a parliamentary event this week. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > examine closely [verb (intransitive)] ransackc1405 sift1535 to bolt all the flour1590 scrutine1592 profound1643 scrutinize1699 probe1878 1699 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 256 The bank is now scrutinizing upon whom the choice of the new directors is fallen. 1742 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 4) I. 17 The latest and best Doctors have so far scrutinised into the prime Cause of our British Malady the Scurvy as to affirm [etc.]. 1743 in Etoniana (1865) 69 After prayers and sacrament they began to vote... Thus they continued scrutinising and walking about. 1788 Trifler No. 9. 114 They will have a better opportunity of scrutinizing into the minutest circumstances. Derivatives ˈscrutinizing n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > [adjective] curiousa1592 deep-searching1598 scrutinous1599 minutea1697 scrutinizing1782 dissective1860 vivisectivea1876 scrutinant1876 vivisecting1876 dissecting1891 scrutatory1893 1782 F. Burney Cecilia I. i. iv. 55 With the scrutinizing observation of a man on the point of making a bargain. 1821 J. Bentham Elements Art of Packing 172 Thus it is that to any scrutinizing eye the secret, had there been any, would have been betrayed. ˈscrutinizingly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > [adverb] narrowlyeOE closely1509 searchingly1574 close1642 pressly1642 scrutinously1650 minutely1690 scrutinizingly1828 probingly1876 scanningly1876 vivisectionally1899 1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 24 49 We look rather more scrutinizingly into its expression. 1883 A. S. Swan Aldersyde (ed. 2) i. ii. 34 Her restless black eyes wandered scrutinizingly over the face and figure of her comely young kinswoman. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < v.1671 |
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