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examine

verb
/ɪɡˈzæmɪn/

Etymology

From Middle English examinen, examenen, from Old French examiner, from Latin exāmināre.

  1. derived from examino
  2. derived from examiner
  3. inherited from examinen

Definitions

  1. To observe or inspect carefully or critically.

    • He examined the crime scene for clues.
    • She examined the hair sample under a microscope.
    • Well, nobody knows about the little things / Nobody knows what they really mean / Nobody ever wants to take the time / To examine what's on your mind

  2. To check the health or condition of something or someone.

    • The doctor examined the patient.

  3. To determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an…

    To determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To interrogate.

      • The witness was examined under oath.

    2. An act of examining.

      • Soutar scratched the back of his neck then had a quick examine of his nails. Deep-ingrained purple they were.

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Derived

cross-examine, examinability, examinable, examinee, examiner, examinership, examiningly, overexamined, preexamine, reexamine, re-examine, underexamined, unexamined

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at examine. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at examine. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at examine

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA