Category:Scrutinize

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

Defn: 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.

Scrutinize Scru"ti*nize, v. i.

Defn: to make scrutiny.