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ˈexpertize, v. [f. as prec. + -ize.] 1. intr. To act as an expert. Freq. ˈexpertizing vbl. n.
1889Harper's Mag. Feb. 336/2 So complex and difficult are the questions involved in expertizing. 1900Spectator LXXXV. 521/1 (title) The morality of ‘expertizing’. 1922Readers' Guide to Periodical Lit. 1919–21 V. 525/1 Expertising in art. 1956R. Stout Before Midnight 158 A mob of experts was expertizing in every direction, and Fritz was seated on Wolfe's chair behind his desk, watching them. 2. trans. (Also expertise.) To give an expert opinion on; to evaluate, assess.
1930Times Lit. Suppl. 24 July 613/4 By applying the methods he used in ‘expertising’ old paintings and furniture John Ballinger, art expert, discovered the murderer. 1932Brooklyn Mus. Q. XIX. 74/1 Professor Jean Capart..has been..expertizing the Wilbour collections. |