| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To study closely or systematically: analyze, inspect, investigate. See INVESTIGATE. 2. To put a question to (someone): ask, inquire, query, question, quiz. See ASK. 3. To look at carefully or critically: check (out), con, go over, inspect, peruse, scrutinize, study, survey, traverse, view. Informal : case. Idioms: give a going-over. See INVESTIGATE. 4. To subject to a procedure that ascertains effectiveness, value, proper function, or other quality: assay, check, essay, prove, test, try, try out. Idioms: bring to the test, make trial of, put to the proof (or test) . See INVESTIGATE. 5. To subject to a test of knowledge or skill: check, quiz, test. See INVESTIGATE.
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