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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
analytic, examinational, examinatorial, explorational, explorative, exploratory, fact-finding, feeling, groping, heuristic, indagative, inspectional, inspectorial, investigational, investigative, investigatory, tentative, testing, trying, zetetic
Dictionary Results for examining:
1. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Examining \Ex*am"in*ing\, a.
   Having power to examine; appointed to examine; as, an
   examining committee.
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Examine \Ex*am"ine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Examined; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Examining.] [L. examinare, examinatum, fr. examen,
   examinis: cf. F. examiner. See Examen.]
   1. To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully
      with a view to discover the real character or state of; to
      subject to inquiry or inspection of particulars for the
      purpose of obtaining a fuller insight into the subject of
      examination, as a material substance, a fact, a reason, a
      cause, the truth of a statement; to inquire or search
      into; to explore; as, to examine a mineral; to examine a
      ship to know whether she is seaworthy; to examine a
      proposition, theory, or question.
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            Examine well your own thoughts.       --Chaucer.
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            Examine their counsels and their cares. --Shak.
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   2. To interrogate as in a judicial proceeding; to try or test
      by question; as, to examine a witness in order to elicit
      testimony, a student to test his qualifications, a
      bankrupt touching the state of his property, etc.
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            The offenders that are to be examined. --Shak.

   Syn: To discuss; debate; scrutinize; search into;
        investigate; explore. See Discuss.
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