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superinspect

superinspect verb: to oversee; to superintend by inspection.

Verb

superinspect (third-person singular simple present superinspects, present participle superinspecting, simple past and past participle superinspected)

  1. (transitive) To oversee; to superintend by inspection.
    • he [the Agent] superinspects the whole Affair of Victualling at that Port , if there be no Commissioner or Riding Surveyor at the place, which in all times of Action extraordinary there should be; and whensoever any one is there1691, Henry Maydman, Naval Speculations, AND Maritime Politicks: Being a Modest and Brief DISCOURSE OF THE Royal Navy OF ENGLAND: OF Its Oeconomy and Government, AND A Projection for an everlasting...

Forms of superinspect

third-person singular presentsuperinspects
present participlesuperinspecting
past participlesuperinspected
pastsuperinspected

Origin of superinspect

From super- + inspect. Compare Latin superinspicere, superinspectum.

Questions about superinspect

What does superinspect mean?
Superinspect means to oversee; to superintend by inspection.
What part of speech is superinspect?
Superinspect is a verb.
What is the past tense of superinspect?
The past tense of superinspect is superinspected.

Words near superinspect in the dictionary

  1. superinnocent
  2. superinoculation
  3. superinoculations
  4. superinquisitive
  5. superinscribe
  6. superinspect
  7. superinspected
  8. superinspecting
  9. superinspection
  10. superinspections
  11. superinspects

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