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Found 4 hits - Term: inspect, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
inspect \inspect"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. inspected; p. pr. 
   vb. n. inspecting. l. inspectus, p. p. of inspicere to
   inspect; pref. in- in + specere to look at, to view: cf. f.
   inspecter, fr. l. inspectare, freq. fr. inspicere. see
   spy.
   1913 webster
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

   2. to view and examine officially, as troops, arms, goods
      offered, work done for the public, etc.; to oversee; to
      superintend. --sir w. temple.
      1913 webster
see also:
inspected inspecting spy 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
inspect \inspect"\, n. l. inspectus. see inspect, v. t.
   inspection. obs. --thomson.
   1913 webster
see also:
inspect 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
inspect
     v 1: look over carefully; "please inspect your father's will
          carefully"
     2: come to see in an official or professional capacity; "the
        governor visited the prison"; "the grant administrator
        visited the laboratory" syn: visit
     3: of accounts and tax returns; with the intent to verify syn:
         audit, scrutinize, scrutinise
see also:
visit audit scrutinize scrutinise 
[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
53 moby thesaurus words for "inspect":
   autopsy, canvass, catechize, check, check out, check over,
   check up, check up on, con, contemplate, examine, eye,
   give an examination, give the eye, give the once-over, go over,
   hard look, inquire, interrogate, investigate, leer, leer at,
   look at, look over, monitor, notice, observe, ogle, ogle at,
   overhaul, overlook, pass over, pass under review, peer at, peruse,
   pore, pore over, postmortem, question, review, run over, scan,
   scrutinize, set an examination, size, size up, study, survey,
   take a long, take stock of, take the measure, vet, view





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