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scrutinise (verb):
: to examine closely and minutely
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : Scrutinise the history of scrutinise far back enough and you wind up sifting through trash: the word comes from Latin scrutari, which means “to search, to examine,” and scrutari likely comes from scruta, meaning “trash,” the etymology evoking one who searches through trash for anything of value. The noun scrutiny preceded scrutinise in English, and in its earliest 15th century use referred to a formal vote, and later to an official examination of votes. Scrutinise was established in the 17th century with its familiar “to examine closely” meaning, but retained reference to voting with the meaning “to examine votes” at least into the 18th century. And while the term scrutineer can be a general term referring to someone who examines something, it is also sometimes used specifically as a term for an election poll watcher.
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