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scruted

scruted is the simple past and past participle of scrute.

Meaning of scrute

Verb

scrute (third-person singular simple present scrutes, present participle scruting, simple past and past participle scruted)

  1. (intransitive, rare, transitive) To examine (something) carefully; to scrutinize.
    • Hazard scruted the Angels with hooded eyes; the low drone of their murmured ritual chanting of "Make my day" was getting on his nerves. He turned and gloomed down at the table again.1996, William Peter Blatty, Demons Five, Exorcists Nothing: A Fable, New York, N.Y.: Donald I. Fine Books, →ISBN, page 36

Questions about scruted

What is scruted the simple past and past participle of?
Scruted is the simple past and past participle of scrute.

Words near scruted in the dictionary

  1. scrutation
  2. scrutations
  3. scrutator
  4. scrutators
  5. scrute
  6. scruted
  7. scrutes
  8. scrutinate
  9. scrutinated
  10. scrutinates
  11. scrutinating

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