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enspect

enspect is the obsolete form of inspect.

Meaning of inspect

Verb

inspect (third-person singular simple present inspects, present participle inspecting, simple past and past participle inspected)

  1. To examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.
    • Inspect the system for leaks.
    Synonyms:
    examine
  2. To observe the status or nature of an object beyond what is found obvious upon its initial presentation; to 'view within' the object.
    • After speaking with the building owner, hearing that the building's steam pipes were over eighty years old, and noticing areas where the pipes had been patched with duct tape, we decided to thoroughly inspect the system for leaks.
  3. To examine officially.
    • The general inspected the troops and their barracks.

Forms of enspect

third-person singular presentenspects
present participleenspecting
past participleenspected
pastenspected

Questions about enspect

What is enspect the obsolete form of?
Enspect is the obsolete form of inspect.

Words near enspect in the dictionary

  1. ensouled
  2. ensouling
  3. ensoulment
  4. ensoulments
  5. ensouls
  6. enspect
  7. enspection
  8. enspects
  9. enspell
  10. enspelled
  11. enspelling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: enspect (page history and authors); inspect (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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