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Quotation dates: 1498-1499, 1562-1633, 1700
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Inspectio(u)n, n. Also: -ione. [ME. (1390), L. inspectio.] Inspection, scrutiny, careful examination; contemplation; to haif inspectioun of, = to inspect. b. Official supervision. a1499 Contemplacioun of Synnaris 1434.
We sall of God in hevyn haue inspectioun 1562-3 Winȝet I. 133/17.
We beseik ȝou to haif inspectioun inteirly of ȝour awin lyues 1562–3 Reg. Privy C. I. 231.
That he may haif inspectioun of the saidis writtis producit 1584 Satirical Poems xlv. 237.
The other … socht inspectione for impriving a1633 Hope Major Pract. II. 275.
The partie against whom probatione is used be wreitt may protest for inspection 1700 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 331.
In tyme of prayer that each decurio go to the factione under his inspectione
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