THE FIRST WORD

scrutate

PRONUNCIATION:

(SKRU-tayt) 

MEANING:

verb tr.: To investigate.

ETYMOLOGY:

rom Latin scrutari (to examine). Earliest documented use: 1882.

USAGE:

"Philosophers have too often thought that they can learn more about human nature by scrutating the murky depths of substance and faculties than by interpreting the obvious evidence."
John Lachs; The Relevance of Philosophy to Life; Vanderbilt University Press; 1995.