inspect : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: inspect	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for inspect
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inspect v look over carefully; "Please inspect your father's will carefully" come to see in an official or professional capacity; "The governor visited the prison"; "The grant administrator visited the laboratory" Synonym(s): visit, inspect examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification; "audit accounts and tax returns" Synonym(s): audit, scrutinize, scrutinise, inspect
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inspect \In*spect"\, n. [L. inspectus. See {Inspect}, v. t.] Inspection. [Obs.] --Thomson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inspect \Inspect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inspected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inspecting}.] [L. inspectus, p. p. of inspicere to inspect; pref. in- in + specere to look at, to view: cf. F. inspecter, fr. L. inspectare, freq. fr. inspicere. See {Spy}.] 1. To look upon; to view closely and critically, esp. in order to ascertain quality or condition, to detect errors, etc., to examine; to scrutinize; to investigate; as, to inspect* conduct. 2. To view and examine officially, as troops, arms, goods offered, work done for the public, etc.; to oversee; to superintend. --Sir W. Temple.