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Definition of Inspective
1. a. Engaged in inspection; inspecting; involving inspection.
Definition of Inspective
1. Adjective. Engaged in inspection; involving inspection. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inspective
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inspective
Literary usage of Inspective
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Accounting Principles by Thomas Warner Mitchell, Alexander Hamilton Institute (U.S.) (1917)
"Inspective accounting.—A review of the work done by the bookkeeper for the ...
The purpose of inspective accounting is to detect and correct these errors. ..."
2. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1843)
"Under the inspective function, ia included what may be termed the ... by exercise
given to the inspective function, in so far as, on the occasion of such ..."
3. The Indiana School Journal by Indiana State Teachers Association (1857)
"Without attaching blame anywhere, it may safely be said, that our inspective
relations are too loose, all the way, from the State Superintendent down. ..."
4. The Modern Factory: Safety, Sanitation and Welfare by George Moses Price (1914)
"The making up of clothing, handkerchiefs and type setting," he says " belong to
the inspective class; while cotton and flax spinning and preparing belong to ..."
5. The Description of Greece by Pausanias (1824)
"Scholia of Olympiodorus on the Gorgias of Plato:—" Prometheus is the inspective
guardian of the descent of rational souls: for to exert a providential ..."
6. Pamphleteer by Abraham John Valpy (1816)
"But his laceration is said to take place through the stratagems of Juno, because
this goddess is the inspective guardian of motion and progression ; and on ..."
7. Select Works of Plotinus by Plotinus (1895)
"Scholia, "On the Gorgias of Plato : " "Prometheus is the inspective guardian of the
... Hence, Epimetheus is the inspective guardian of the irrational soul, ..."
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