scrutor

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (conjugation-1, deponent) to search carefully, search into or out, examine thoroughly, explore a thing, investigate
  2. (conjugation-1, deponent) to seek for

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
[ˈskruː.tɔr]
Etimologie (Engels)

From scrūta, as the original sense of the verb was to search through trash. Compare the possibly parallel development of Old High German scrutōn. Compare also Old English sċrūtnian (“to examine, scrutinise”).

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