Inspect
[ɪn'spekt] or [ɪn'spɛkt]
Definition
(verb.) look over carefully; 'Please inspect your father's will carefully'.
Checker: Phyllis--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To look upon; to view closely and critically, esp. in order to ascertain quality or condition, to detect errors, etc., to examine; to scrutinize; to investigate; as, to inspect conduct.
(v. t.) To view and examine officially, as troops, arms, goods offered, work done for the public, etc.; to oversee; to superintend.
(v. t.) Inspection.
Inputed by Evelyn
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Examine, scrutinize, investigate, look into, pry into.[2]. Superintend, oversee.
Checker: Vivian
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Scrutinize, examine, investigate, search, overhaul, look_into, supervise
ANT:Overlook, connive, dismiss, glance, misobserve, misinvestigate, pretermit
Edited by Dorothy
Definition
v.t. to look into: to examine: to look at narrowly: to superintend.—adv. Inspect′ingly.—n. Inspec′tion the act of inspecting or looking into: careful or official examination.—adjs. Inspec′tional; Inspec′tive.—ns. Inspec′tor one who looks into or oversees: an examining officer: a superintendent; Inspec′torāte a district under charge of an inspector: a body of inspectors collectively.—adj. Inspectō′rial.—ns. Inspec′torship the office of an inspector; Inspec′tress a female inspector.
Checker: Sinclair
Examples
- Meanwhile Jos and Isidor went off to the stables to inspect the newly purchased cattle. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Lützow[377] describes how the papal representative and the Duke of Saxony ascended a convenient hill to inspect the battlefield. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And in addition to this he traveled far and wide to give advice about distant lines, to the south of England, to Scotland, and to the north of Ireland to inspect the proposed Ulster Railway. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In his mind was the decision to inspect the radium pumps, which would take about thirty minutes, and then return to my bed chamber and finish me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- It led her a good way: every article did she inspect. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- You can inspect them when you like, Arthur; now, if you please. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Golz had been up to inspect the dispositions for the attack and was on his way to an observation post. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- A private sitting-room having been engaged, bedrooms inspected, and dinner ordered, the party walked out to view the city and adjoining neighbourhood. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The final operation in the motor assembly line is the block test, where the motor is inspected and tested before being assembled into the chassis. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The shoes next go to the packing department, where they are taken off the lasts, inspected, marked, tied together in pairs, sorted and packed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Once more, Inspector and Inspected went through the streets together, and so arrived at Mr Boffin's door. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The goods are then taken out, and after being inspected are boxed for the market. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Also a piece of beef preserved on the same day; this when you have inspected it shall be cut in slices and broiled. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- They are sorted, inspected and counted before removing from the foundry. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The opthalmoscope is an instrument for inspecting the interior of the eye, which was invented by Prof. Helmholtz, and described by him in 1851. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Well,' said the Jew, inspecting them closely; 'they're very good ones, very. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- The same happy result attended Miss Bella Wilfer on her wedding day, and Mr Riderhood inspecting Bradley Headstone's red neckerchief as he lay asleep. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The aide-de-camp must have arrived sometime while Jos and Rebecca were making their bargain together, or the latter was inspecting his purchase. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Smith, trapped up in semi-military style, toured Ulster, inspecting these volunteers and inflaming local passion. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- At this moment, the ill-looking man was inspecting the hole in the crown of his three-cornered hat. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I removed the spring and set the contact wheels at zero; and the line, battery, and inspecting men all scattered through the financial district to set the instruments. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He plants an acre, and when this is in bloom he inspects it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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