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EXAM'INE, egzam'in. L. examino, from examen.

1. To inspect carefully, with a view to discover truth or the real state of a thing as, to examine a ship to know whether she is sea-worthy, or a house to know whether repairs are wanted.

2. To search or inquire into facts and circumstances by interrogating as, to examine a witness.

3. To look into the state of a subject to view in all its aspects to weigh arguments and compare facts, with a view to form a correct opinion or judgment. Let us examine this proposition let us examine this subject in all its relations and bearing let us examine into the state of this question.

4. To inquire into the improvements or qualifications of students, by interrogatories, proposing problems, or by hearing their recitals as, to examine the classes in college to examine the candidates for a degree, or for a license to preach or to practice in a profession.

5. To try or assay by experiments as, to examine minerals.

6. To try by a rule or law.

Examine yourselves whether ye are in the faith. 2 Corinthians 13

7. In general, to search to scrutinize to explore, with a view to discover truth as, to examine ourselves to examine the extent of human knowledge.