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▪ I. examining, vbl. n.|ɛgˈzæmɪnɪŋ|
[f. examine v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. examine, in various senses.
c1386Chaucer Melib. ⁋236 In the examynyng of ȝoure counseiloures. c1460Towneley Myst. 193, I my self shalle make examynyng. 1590Sir J. Smyth Disc. Weapons 20, I will now therefore proceed to the consideration and examining of three most important things. 1612Brinsley Lud. Lit. xxii. (1627) 257 This strict examining will be a good meanes to make them attentive. 1884Pall Mall G. 2 Apr. 6/1 Unskilled examining is doing serious damage to the cause of education.
attrib.1793Nelson 14 Feb. in Nicolas Disp. (1845) I 300 He must be in London before the 7th of March as that is the examining day.
¶ Used gerundially with omission of in.
1815M. Pilkington Celebrity I. 222 During the time the wound was examining, Augustus worked himself up to a pitch of agony.
▪ II. eˈxamining, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That examines; appointed to examine.
a1608Donne Sat. iv. in Poems (1633) 338 One, to whom, the examining Justice sure would cry. 1783Lett. Radcliffe & James (Oxf. Hist. Soc.) 232 The Bishop of Lincoln ordains. Bowerbank acts as examining chaplain. 1868M. Pattison Academ. Org. vi. 244 Oxford is now, with respect to its candidates for honours, little more than an examining body. 1928A. Christie Mystery of Blue Train xxvii. 218 You will, perhaps, accompany us immediately to the office of the Examining Magistrate. 1937Discovery June 191/2 Higher School Certificate, Open Scholarships and other examining bodies. 1966Listener 9 June 827/1 Their formal title was bestowed on the examining justices by statute as long ago as 1848. Their role is now mainly ceremonial.
Hence eˈxaminingly adv., in an examining or scrutinizing manner; searchingly.
1876Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. vii. li, She still kept her hand in his, and looked at him examiningly. 1890Chamb. Jrnl. 4 Jan. 16/1 He looked at her so examiningly that she could not but pause. |