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Scrutate Skru Tayt Verb Tr Investigate Latin Scrutari Examine

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scrutate /SKRU-tayt/
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verb tr.
To investigate.

[from Latin scrutari (to examine). Earliest documented use: 1882.]

"Philosophers have too often thought that they can learn more about human nature by scrutating the murky depths of substance and faculties than by interpreting the obvious evidence." - John Lachs; The Relevance of Philosophy to Life; Vanderbilt University Press; 1995.

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