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Definition of Inspect

1. Verb. Look over carefully. "The customs agents inspect the bags for drugs "; "Please inspect your father's will carefully"

2. Verb. Come to see in an official or professional capacity. "The grant administrator visited the laboratory"

3. Verb. Examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification. "Audit accounts and tax returns"

Definition of Inspect

1. v. t. 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. n. Inspection.

Definition of Inspect

1. Verb. to examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize ¹

2. Verb. to view and examine officially ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Inspect

1. to look carefully at or over [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inspect

insouciances insouciant insouciantly insoul insouled insouling insouls insource insourced insources

insourcing inspan inspanned inspanning inspans inspect (current term) inspectability inspectable inspected inspecter

inspecters inspecting inspectingly inspection inspection and repair inspection pit inspectional inspections inspective

Literary usage of Inspect

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1919)
"23—inspect all nuts and tighten. 24—inspect gasoline line and tighten all Joints. 25—inspect the balls of front wheels when greasing to see if there are any ..."

2. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence as Administered in England and Ireland by John Pitt Taylor (1887)
"Thus, parishioners have a right to inspect them for ordinary parochial purposes, as, for instance, if a dispute be pending respecting the validity of a rate ..."

3. A Treatise on the Effect of the Contract of Sale on the Legal Rights of by Colin Blackburn Blackburn (1910)
"Some days afterwards, the plaintiff told the defendant he might inspect it, but the defendant declined, and obtained a verdict. ..."

4. The Law of Railways: Embracing the Law of Corporations, Eminent Domain by Isaac Fletcher Redfield (1888)
"Right of Corporators and Others to inspect Books of Company. 1. Corporators or shareholders may inspect and take minutes from books. 2. ..."

5. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"Master and servant с=>2%(10)—Charge on servant's duty to inspect tool held improper. Defendant's requested instruction that it was the duty of plaintiff to ..."

6. Commentaries on the Law of Municipal Corporations by John Forrest Dillon (1890)
"Concerning the right to inspect corporate documents ami papers, the following points have been ruled as stated by Mr. Willcock: Every corporator has a ..."

7. A Digest of the Laws of England by Anthony Hammond, John Comyns (1826)
"An elector, officer in post-office, sued on 9 Ann. has a right to inspect corpora- lion books where the freemens' names are enrolled and to take copies. ..."

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