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/ɪnspˈɛkt/ Listen

verb

Inspect v. t. (past & past part. inspected; pres. part. inspecting)

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.

To view and examine officially, as troops, arms, goods offered, work done for the public, etc.; to oversee; to superintend.

noun

Inspect n. Inspection. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Inspect'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Inspect" Quotes from Famous Books

... holiday to visit her sister, who was married to a thriving hurdler and cattle-crib-maker living in a delightful labyrinth of hazel copse not far beyond Yalbury. The arrangement was that Miss Everdene should honour them by coming there for a day or two to inspect some ingenious contrivances which this man of the woods ...

— Far from the Madding Crowd • Thomas Hardy

... things that had ever been seen. They were loud and persistent in their envy of their friend's good fortune. She, on the other hand, derived little amusement from the sight of all these riches, the reason being that she was impatient to go and inspect the little room on the ...

— Old-Time Stories • Charles Perrault

... will inspect and supervise all the work of his secretaryship and will determine all questions with the President of ...

— The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, • Murat Halstead

... hunt. This Prince was young and handsome, beloved of his father and of the Queen his mother, and adored by the people. After he had partaken of the simple collation which was offered him he set out to inspect the farm-yard and all its nooks and corners. In going thus from place to place, he entered a dark alley at the bottom of which was a closed door. Curiosity made him put his eye to the keyhole. Imagine his astonishment at seeing a Princess ...

— The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault • Charles Perrault

... being charged and tamped, we once more took refuge behind the trees while Tom touched them off. This time there were three sharp explosions, a shower of fragments rattled through the branches above our heads, and on going to inspect the result we found that the rock had been so shattered that it was an easy matter to pry out the pieces with pick and crowbar—a task of which Joe ...

— The Boys of Crawford's Basin - The Story of a Mountain Ranch in the Early Days of Colorado • Sidford F. Hamp

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