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Examen

//ɪɡˈzeɪ.mən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    examination; inquiry obsolete

    "July 11, 1780, William Cowper, letter to the Rev. William Unwin For this reason I decline answering the question with which you concluded your last, and cannot persuade myself to enter into a critical examen of the two pieces upon Lord Mansfield's loss […]"

  2. 2
    a critical study (as of a writer's work) wordnet
  3. 3
    a detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits) wordnet

Etymology

From Latin exāmen (“the tongue of a balance, examination”), for exagmen, from exigere (“to weigh accurately, to treat”): compare French examen. See exact.

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