SCRUTINIZING

Verb

scrutinizing

present participle of scrutinize

Source: Wiktionary


SCRUTINIZE

Scru"ti*nize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scrutinized; p. pr. & vb. n. Scrutinizing.] Etym: [From Scrutiny.]

Definition: To examine closely; to inspect or observe with critical attention; to regard narrowly; as, to scrutinize the measures of administration; to scrutinize the conduct or motives of individuals. Whose votes they were obliged to scrutinize. Ayliffe. Thscrutinized his face the closest. G. W. Cable.

Scru"ti*nize, v. i.

Definition: To make scrutiny.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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