Etymology

scrute

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Today it means: To examine (something) carefully; to scrutinize. Full definition →

Latin scrūtor
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromscrūtor
  2. English todayscrute

Borrowed from Latin scrūtor, scrūtārī (“to search carefully; to seek for”). Now often reanalyzed from inscrutable.

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