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Examine   /ɪgzˈæmɪn/   Listen
Examine

verb
(past & past part. examined; pres. part. examining)
1.
Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning.  Synonyms: analyse, analyze, canvas, canvass, study.  "Analyze the evidence in a criminal trial" , "Analyze your real motives"
2.
Observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect.  Synonym: see.  "I must see your passport before you can enter the country"
3.
Question or examine thoroughly and closely.  Synonym: probe.
4.
Question closely.
5.
Put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to.  Synonyms: essay, prove, test, try, try out.  "Test this recipe"



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"Examine" Quotes from Famous Books



... to the commandant that I had discovered a small seam of coal, he stated that the Portuguese were already aware of nine such seams, and that five of them were on the opposite bank of the river. As soon as I had recovered from my fatigue I went to examine them. We proceeded in a boat to the mouth of the Lofubu or Revubu, which is about two miles below Tete, and on the opposite or northern bank. Ascending this about four miles against a strong current of beautifully clear water, we landed near a small cataract, and walked ...
— Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa - Journeys and Researches in South Africa • David Livingstone

... the declaration of rights as part of the organic act to the extent that changes have not been made, by the constitution. Examine them—the constitution and the declaration of rights—we find other most astounding doctrines in the soviet fundamental law. I shall not discuss but merely mention a few of them. They do not pertain so much ...
— The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki - Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 • Joel R. Moore

... else to think of now, for Brace halted the men and took me to examine the gateway, where all was silent and black. There was no armed sentry on duty, no lights in the guard-room, and a chill struck through me, and I searched the ground with my eyes in dread lest I should trip over the remains of some man by whose side I had ridden during ...
— Gil the Gunner - The Youngest Officer in the East • George Manville Fenn

... lady, with a smile. 'He was in business at Belwick. It was shortly after his marriage with Miss Mutimer that he took the voyage—partly for his health, partly to examine some property his father had had an interest in. Old Mr. Eldon engaged in speculations—I believe it was flax-growing. The results, unfortunately, were anything but satisfactory. It was that which ...
— Demos • George Gissing

... in the animal than meets the eye, and we cannot examine its life-history without at the same time touching upon that of several other creatures. No science stands alone, neither does any animal, however insignificant it may appear to be; and we shall find that before ...
— The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 355, October 16, 1886 • Various


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