Perscrutation
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /pəː.skɹuːˈteɪʃən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Perscrutation is a noun meaning (rare) A thorough searching; a minute inquiry or scrutiny.
Meaning
(rare) A thorough searching; a minute inquiry or scrutiny.
Example Sentences
The first and universall reasons are of a hard perscrutation.
Such guessing, visioning, dim perscrutation of the momentous future: the very clothmakers, old women, all townsfolk speak of it
Word Forms
- perscrutations
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include probe, perquisition, scrutiny, scrutinization, perlustration, rescrutiny.
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