| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | in·spect |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n-sp kt |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: in·spect·ed, in·spect·ing, in·spects
1. To examine carefully and critically, especially for flaws. 2. To review or examine officially: The commander inspected the troops. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Latin  nspicere, nspect- : in-, intensive pref.; see in–2 + specere, to look at; see spek- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | in·spective —ADJECTIVE
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