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inspect

ins·pect

UK/ɪnˈspɛkt/ US/ˌɪˈnspɛkt/ fairly common

verb

1.

look over carefully

  • “Please inspect your father”
2.

come to see in an official or professional capacity

  • “The governor visited the prison”
  • “The grant administrator visited the laboratory”
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3.

of accounts and tax returns; with the intent to verify

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Origin

From Latin inspectum, past participle of inspicere (“to look into”), from in (“in”) + specere (“to look at”), equivalent to in- + -spect.

Phrases

  • inspect the plumbing

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