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scrutiny(dictionary)

scrutiny (iou)



scrutiny noun & verb. LME.
[Latin scrutinium, from scrutari search, examine, (orig.) sort rags, from scruta trash, rubbish: see -Y4.]
A. noun.
Now chiefly Ecclesiastical Law. The formal taking of individual votes, as a method of electing a person to an official position, or of deciding a question proposed to a deliberative assembly; an instance of this procedure. LME.
Investigation, critical inquiry; an instance of this. E17.
R. G. Collingwood Under this fresh scrutiny, the old interpretation melted away. British Medical Journal The report..is the last in the current series of scrutinies carried out in the NHS.
b. Ecclesiastical History. An examination of those about to be baptized. E18.
c. An official examination of the ballot-papers at an election to check their validity and to inspect the accuracy of the counting. E18.
The action of looking closely or searchingly at something; a searching gaze. L18.
E. Waugh He felt himself getting hot and red under their scrutiny. L. Garfield The blind man sensed the scrutiny of unseen eyes.
B. verb trans. = SCRUTINIZE. rare. M17-M18.