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Definition of Scrutinised
1. scrutinise [v] - See also: scrutinise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scrutinised
Literary usage of Scrutinised
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"The word means the "hour-scrutinised," because it is the hour of birth only which
is examined in these star-maps. ..."
2. The Gallican Church and the Revolution: A Sequel to the 'History of the by William Henley Jervis (1882)
"... draft was strictly scrutinised. Clause after clause was criticised and corrected;
that which condemned the bull " Quum memoranda " was first replaced by ..."
3. The School World (1905)
"They may still continue under their present management, but the financial
conditions, it may safely be assumed, will be closely scrutinised and a ..."
4. The London Medical Recorder (1850)
"Without wishing to detract from the high character, or question the capabilities,
of the Lunacy Commissioners, who have of late very closely scrutinised the ..."
5. The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women (1895)
"He then placed it on the table side by side with the letter, and through a
magnifying-glass scrutinised both carefully. Having done so, he asked for the ..."
6. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens (1908)
"Bradley Headstone scrutinised the boy as closely as the boy had scrutinised the
gentleman. " I beg your pardon, Mr. Headstone, but I couldn't help wondering ..."
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