superinspect

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verb

To oversee; to superintend by inspection.

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Meanings

verbsuperinspect (third-person singular simple present superinspects, present participle superinspecting, simple past and past participle superinspected)

present singular third person superinspects · participle present superinspecting · participle past superinspected · past superinspected

  1. transitiveTo oversee; to superintend by inspection.

    he [the Agent] superinspects the whole Affair of Victualling at that Port , if there be no Commissioner or Riding Surveyor at the place, which in all times of Action extraordinary there should be; and whensoever any one is there

    1691, Henry Maydman, Naval Speculations, AND Maritime Politicks: Being a Modest and Brief DISCOURSE OF THE Royal Navy OF ENGLAND: OF Its Oeconomy and Government, AND A Projection for an everlasting Seminary of Seamen, by a Royal Maritime Hospital.

Origin

From super- + inspect. Compare Latin superinspicere, superinspectum.

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APA

superinspect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superinspect

MLA

“superinspect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superinspect. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “superinspect,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/superinspect.

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