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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Inspect \In*spect"\, verb (used with an object) [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}.]
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.
2. To view and examine officially, as troops, arms, goods offered, work done for the public, etc.; to oversee; to superintend. --Sir W. Temple.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Inspect \In*spect"\, noun [L. inspectus. See {Inspect}, verb (used with an object)] Inspection. [Obs.] --Thomson.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
inspect
verb
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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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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