scrutate

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scrutate

/skruːˈteɪt/ UK
/skruˈteɪt/ US

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From Latin scrūtātus, perfect passive participle of scrūtor (“to search”).

verb scrutates · scrutating · scrutated

rare, transitive To scrutinize, peruse, inspect, investigate (something). The only way to cure them is to refuse to show interest in them, discipline them properly, avoid coddling them in any way, do not foster their self pity, above all do not tell them how much rest they need or what interesting subjects they are, or invent some new method of scrutating their minds or o

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@misc{scrutate_2026,
  title = {scrutate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scrutate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}