Inspect Definition

ĭn-spĕkt
inspected, inspecting, inspects
verb
inspected, inspecting, inspects
To look at carefully; examine critically, esp. in order to detect flaws or errors.
Webster's New World
To examine or review (troops, etc.) officially.
Webster's New World

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

Inspect the system for leaks.
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Origin of Inspect

  • From Latin īnspicere īnspect- in- intensive pref. in–2 specere to look at spek- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin inspectum, past participle of inspicere (“to look into”), from in + spicere (“to look at”)

    From Wiktionary

Inspect Sentence Examples

  • The state supervisors must inspect each state prison camp and each county prison camp every thirty days.

  • Inspect the entire section of each wall.

  • After America's entrance into the World War he went to Europe in 1918 to attend conferences and to inspect the U.S. naval forces, and early in 1919 was in charge of their demobilization.

  • The superior had free access to this corridor, and through open niches was able to inspect the garden without being seen.

  • It is the duty of every district council to inspect their district with a view to the discovery of any such nuisances.

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Words Starting With I and Ending With T

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