Meaning

• Intense study of someone or something.

• Thorough inspection of a situation or a case.

• An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter Day.

• A ticket, or little paper billet, on which a vote is written.

• An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll.

Meaning

• To scrutinize.