scrutate

Verb

scrutate (third-person singular simple present scrutates, present participle scrutating, simple past and past participle scrutated)

1. (rare, transitive) To scrutinize, peruse, inspect, investigate (something).
   • The only way to cure them is to refuse to show interest in them, discipline them properly, avoid coddling them in any way, do not foster their self pity, above all do not tell them how much rest they need or what interesting subjects they are, or invent some new method of scrutating their minds or...1923 [1912], James J. Walsh, “Appendix III. III. Hysteria and Hypnotism”, in Psychotherapy: […], New York; London: D. Appleton and Company, page 806
   • Philosophers have too often thought that they can learn more about human nature by scrutating the murky depths of substance and faculties than by interpreting the obvious evidence.1995, John Lachs, The Relevance of Philosophy to Life, Nashville; London: Vanderbilt University Press, →ISBN, page 251