perscrutate

verb /pəːˈskruː.teɪt/

1. To scrutinize, peruse, inspect (something).

   rare, transitive

   But if you pleaſe, with your perſpicuous Luminaries to contemplate and perſcrutate theſe Teſtifications, you ſhall be animadverted of my Deportment in the Oxfordian Society, in my modification for Literature.

Where it comes from

Either a back-formation from perscrutation, or directly from Latin perscrūtātus, perfect passive participle of perscrūtor (“to search”). Earliest known use is from 1663 (see quotations).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry perscrutate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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