-
the
act
of
giving
students
or
candidates
a
test (
as
by
questions)
to
determine
what
they
know
or
have
learned
-
The
act
of
examining,
or
state
of
being
examined;
a
careful
search,
investigation,
or
inquiry;
scrutiny
by
study
or
experiment.
-
The
act
of
examining
or
state
of
being
examined;
a
careful
search
or
inquiry,
with
a
view
to
discover
truth
or
the
real
state
of
things;
careful
and
accurate
inspection
of
a
thing
and
its
parts;
a
view
of
qualities
and
relations,
and
an
estimate
of
their
nature
and
importance;
scrutiny
by
study
or
experiment;
as,
an
examination
of
a
house
or
a
ship;
as, "
Different
men
leaving
out
or
putting
in
several
simple
ideas,
according
to
their
various
examination,
skill,
or
observation
of
the
subject,
have
different
essences."-
Locke; "
Nothing
that
is
self-
evident
can
be
the
proper
subject
of
examination."-
South:
in
judicial
proceedings,
a
careful
inquiry
into
facts
by
testimony;
an
attempt
to
ascertain
truth
by
inquiries
and
interrogatories;
as,
the
examination
of
a
witness
or
the
merits
of
a
cause:
a
process
prescribed
or
assigned
for
testing
qualification,
capabilities,
knowledge,
progress,
and
the
like;
as,
the
examination
of
a
student,
of
a
candidate
for
admission
to
the
ministry
or
bar;
the
periodical
examination
of
a
school:
trial
or
assay
by
the
appropriate
methods
or
tests,
as
of
minerals
or
chemical
compounds.
-
Act
of
investigating;
search;
inspection;
trial.
-
The
act
of
examining;
careful
and
accurate
inspection;
investigation
or
inquiry;
subjection
to
trial
with
a
view
to
ascertain
the
qualifications
of
a
candidate
for
some
profession;
a
careful
inquiry
into
facts
by
taking
evidence;
a
search
for
the
nature
and
qualities
of
substances
by
experiments.
-
Careful
observation
or
inspection;
investigation;
scrutiny
by
study
or
experiment;
research.
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