Meaning of scrute | Babel Free

Definitions

To examine (something) carefully; to scrutinize.

intransitive, rare, transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“And folks call the Chinese inscrutable. When my elder brother's got his mind fixed on a mystery, there's just no scruting the man.”

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