Scrutinises

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To carefully and thoroughly examine the details and nuances of something in order to form an informed opinion or judgment
2. Looks at something closely and in detail to understand it fully
3. Studies or reviews something with great attention to discover important details

Etymology: The verb "scrutinises" is an inflected form: the third-person singular present of "scrutinise", which is the British spelling of "scrutinize". Its story runs back to the Latin "scrutari", meaning to search or examine, and above all to the Latin noun "scrutinium", which had a striking concrete sense: the search of a room or box, or of a person's pockets, for something hidden. Scrutiny in that older world was a hunt through the physical contents of a place. The English noun "scrutiny" came through Latin, and "scrutinise" was formed in English by adding the verb-making suffix "-ise" to it. The suffix has a longer ancestry than the base word suggests. It descends from a Greek verbal ending, "-izein", which English received through Late Latin "-izare" and then Middle French "-iser", and it was added to English nouns and adjectives to make verbs meaning "to make into" or "to treat in the manner of". So "scrutinise" is a fairly recent blend: an old Latin noun of physical searching, shaped into a verb by a Greek-derived suffix that came to English through French.

Synonyms: examines, inspects, analyzes, reviews, assesses

Antonyms: overlooks, ignores, neglects, dismisses, glosses