Vet
[vet] or [vɛt]
Definition
(verb.) provide veterinary care for.
(verb.) provide (a person) with medical care.
(verb.) examine carefully; 'Someone should vet this report before it goes out'.
(verb.) work as a veterinarian; 'She vetted for the farms in the area for many years'.
Edited by Greg--From WordNet
Examples
- Their faces show a considerable share of frankness combined with amusing na?veté. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- This is what one may call the na?veté of the intellect. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- What kind of na?veté was it that led this educator into asking such a question? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- They will not be deficient in wit and _na?veté_; there is so much sparkle, and so little art in her soul? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Once people have questioned an authority their faith has lost its na?veté. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- If you want to see this faith in all its na?veté go into those quaint rationalist circles where Herbert Spencer's ghost announces the laws of life, with only a few inessential details omitted. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Editor: Margie