| Pronunciation: | | 'skrooti`nIz
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| Matching Terms: | | scrutinizer
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- [v] of accounts and tax returns; with the intent to verify
- [v] to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail; "he scrutinized his likeness in the mirror."
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| | Synonyms: | | audit, inspect, scrutinise, scrutinise, size up, take stock |
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| | See Also: | | analyse, analyze, canvass, examine, examine, see, study |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Scru"ti*nize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scrutinized}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Scrutinizing}.] [From {Scrutiny}.]
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.
Those pronounced him youngest who scrutinized his face
the closest. --G. W. Cable.
\Scru"ti*nize\, v. i.
To make scrutiny.
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