inspect

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To look at something closely and carefully in order to check its condition or find problems.

   The mechanic inspected the brakes before the long trip.

2. 2
   verb

   To examine something officially to make sure rules are being followed.

   An officer came to inspect the factory's safety standards.

From Latin inspectum, past participle of inspicere (“to look into”), from in (“in”) + specere (“to look at”), equivalent to in- + -spect.

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