Part 877

He neglected the studies, . . . stood low at the examinations.

Macaulay.

Examination in chief, or Direct examination (Law), that examination which is made of a witness by a party calling him. -- Cross- examination, that made by the opposite party. -- Reëxamination, or Re-direct examination, that made by a party calling a witness, after, and upon matters arising out of, the cross- examination.

Syn. -- Search; inquiry; investigation; research; scrutiny; inquisition; inspection; exploration.

Ex*am"i*na`tor (#), n. [L.: cf. F. examinateur.] An examiner. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Ex*am"ine (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Examined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Examining.] [L. examinare, examinatum, fr. examen, examinis: cf. F. examiner. See Examen.] 1. To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection of particulars for the purpose of obtaining a fuller insight into the subject of examination, as a material substance, a fact, a reason, a cause, the truth of a statement; to inquire or search into; to explore; as, to examine a mineral; to examine a ship to know whether she is seaworthy; to examine a proposition, theory, or question.

Examine well your own thoughts.

Chaucer.

Examine their counsels and their cares.

Shak.

2. To interrogate as in a judicial proceeding; to try or test by question; as, to examine a witness in order to elicit testimony, a student to test his qualifications, a bankrupt touching the state of his property, etc.

The offenders that are to be examined.

Shak.

Syn. -- To discuss; debate; scrutinize; search into; investigate; explore. See Discuss.

Ex*am`i*nee" (?), n. A person examined.

Ex*am"in*er (?), n. One who examines, tries, or inspects; one who interrogates; an officer or person charged with the duty of making an examination; as, an examiner of students for a degree; an examiner in chancery, in the patent office, etc.

Ex*am"in*er*ship, n. The office or rank of an examiner.

Ex*am"in*ing, a. Having power to examine; appointed to examine; as, an examining committee.

Ex"am*pla*ry (?), a. [From Example, cf. Exemplary.] Serving for example or pattern; exemplary. [Obs.] Hooker.

Ex*am"ple (?), n. [A later form for ensample, fr. L. exemplum, orig., what is taken out of a larger quantity, as a sample, from eximere to take out. See Exempt, and cf. Ensample, Sample.] 1. One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.

2. That which is to be followed or imitated as a model; a pattern or copy.

For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.

John xiii. 15.

I gave, thou sayest, the example; I led the way.

Milton.

3. That which resembles or corresponds with something else; a precedent; a model.

Such temperate order in so fierce a cause Doth want example.

Shak.