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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : in-spekt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈspɛkt |
Definition of inspect
Origin :- 1620s, from Latin inspectus, past participle of inspicere "to look into" (see inspection). Related: Inspected; inspecting.
- verb examine, check
- Christine and Palmer Howe came in to see her, and to inspect the balcony, now finished.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- After that she must pin it on, and slip in to stand before his mirror and inspect the result.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- He thanked her with unnecessary effusion and turned to inspect the glassware.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- You can inspect them when you like, Arthur; now, if you please.'
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- I told them that the Admiral was going out with us to inspect the lock.
- Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
- He had knelt to inspect a rude box, when a little sound caused him to turn.
- Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various
- Let us inspect the fortifications in the Dardanelles at the beginning of the war in 1914.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
- She held them out for Jimmy to inspect, with the first touch of vanity he had seen in her.
- Extract from : « People of Position » by Stanley Portal Hyatt
- Inspect what delights you in Plutarch, in Shakspeare, in Cervantes.
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- He went to inspect his mare; he was fond and justly proud of her.
- Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
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