Examine
(Ex*am"ine) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Examined ; p. pr. & vb. n. Examining.] [L. examinare,
examinatum, fr. examen, examinis: cf. F. examiner. See Examen.]
1. To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or
state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection of particulars for the purpose of obtaining a fuller insight into
the subject of examination, as a material substance, a fact, a reason, a cause, the truth of a statement; to
inquire or search into; to explore; as, to examine a mineral; to examine a ship to know whether she is
seaworthy; to examine a proposition, theory, or question.
Examine well your own thoughts.
Chaucer.
Examine their counsels and their cares.
Shak. 2. To interrogate as in a judicial proceeding; to try or test by question; as, to examine a witness in order
to elicit testimony, a student to test his qualifications, a bankrupt touching the state of his property, etc.
The offenders that are to be examined.
Shak. Syn. — To discuss; debate; scrutinize; search into; investigate; explore. See Discuss.
Examinee
(Ex*am`i*nee") n. A person examined.
Examiner
(Ex*am"in*er) n. One who examines, tries, or inspects; one who interrogates; an officer or
person charged with the duty of making an examination; as, an examiner of students for a degree; an
examiner in chancery, in the patent office, etc.
Examinership
(Ex*am"in*er*ship), n. The office or rank of an examiner.
Examining
(Ex*am"in*ing), a. Having power to examine; appointed to examine; as, an examining committee.
Examplary
(Ex"am*pla*ry) a. [From Example, cf. Exemplary.] Serving for example or pattern; exemplary.
[Obs.] Hooker.
Example
(Ex*am"ple) n. [A later form for ensample, fr. L. exemplum, orig., what is taken out of a larger
quantity, as a sample, from eximere to take out. See Exempt, and cf. Ensample, Sample.]
1. One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.
2. That which is to be followed or imitated as a model; a pattern or copy.
For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
John xiii. 15.
I gave, thou sayest, the example; I led the way.
Milton. 3. That which resembles or corresponds with something else; a precedent; a model.
Such temperate order in so fierce a cause
Doth want example.
Shak. 4. That which is to be avoided; one selected for punishment and to serve as a warning; a warning.
Hang him; he'll be made an example.
Shak.
Now these things were our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things, as they also
lusted.
1 Cor. x. 6.
