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v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cross-examined p. pr. & vb. n. Cross-examining. ] (Law) To examine or question, as a witness who has been called and examined by the opposite party. “The opportunity to cross-examine the witnesses.” Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who cross-examines or conducts a crosse-examination. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a corticosteroid drug used to treat allergies or inflammation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L., the tongue of a balance, examination; for exagmen, fr. exigere to weigh accurately, to treat: cf. F. examen. See Exact, a. ] Examination; inquiry. [ R. ] “A critical examen of the two pieces.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. See Hexameter. ] An hexameter. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being examined or inquired into. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. examinans, -antis, examining. ] 1. One who examines; an examiner. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who is to be examined. [ Obs. ] H. Prideaux. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. examinatus, p. p. of examinare. See Examine. ] A person subjected to examination. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. examinatio: cf. F. examination. ] 1. The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A process prescribed or assigned for testing qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry. [ 1913 Webster ]

He neglected the studies, . . . stood low at the examinations. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

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, (Law) that questioning of a witness at trial made by the party calling the witness, after, and upon matters arising out of, the cross-examination; also called informally re-direct.

Syn. -- Search; inquiry; investigation; research; scrutiny; inquisition; inspection; exploration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L.: cf. F. examinateur. ] An examiner. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Examine well your own thoughts. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Examine their counsels and their cares. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The offenders that are to be examined. Shak.

Syn. -- To discuss; debate; scrutinize; search into; investigate; explore. See Discuss. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person examined. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office or rank of an examiner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having power to examine; appointed to examine; as, an examining committee. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Example, cf. Exemplary. ] Serving for example or pattern; exemplary. [ Obs. ] Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is to be followed or imitated as a model; a pattern or copy. [ 1913 Webster ]

For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. John xiii. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

I gave, thou sayest, the example; I led the way. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which resembles or corresponds with something else; a precedent; a model. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such temperate order in so fierce a cause
Doth want example. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That which is to be avoided; one selected for punishment and to serve as a warning; a warning. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hang him; he'll be made an example. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now these things were our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. 1 Cor. x. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. An instance serving for illustration of a rule or precept, especially a problem to be solved, or a case to be determined, as an exercise in the application of the rules of any study or branch of science; as, in trigonometry and grammar, the principles and rules are illustrated by examples.

Syn. -- Precedent; case; instance. -- Example, Instance. The discrimination to be made between these two words relates to cases in which we give “instances” or “examples” of things done. An instance denotes the single case then “standing” before us; if there be others like it, the word does not express this fact. On the contrary, an example is one of an entire class of like things, and should be a true representative or sample of that class. Hence, an example proves a rule or regular course of things; an instance simply points out what may be true only in the case presented. A man's life may be filled up with examples of the self-command and kindness which marked his character, and may present only a solitary instance of haste or severity. Hence, the word “example” should never be used to describe what stands singly and alone. We do, however, sometimes apply the word instance to what is really an example, because we are not thinking of the latter under this aspect, but solely as a case which “stands before us.” See Precedent. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Exampled p. pr. & vb. n. Exampling ] To set an example for; to give a precedent for; to exemplify; to give an instance of; to instance. [ Obs. ] “I may example my digression by some mighty precedent.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Burke devoted himself to this duty with a fervid assiduity that has not often been exampled, and has never been surpassed. J. Morley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without or above example. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Exemplar, Example, and cf. Sampler. ] A pattern; an exemplar. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Exampleless. [ Wrongly formed. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hexa- + Gr.&unr_; part. ] (Bot.) In six parts; in sixes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; of six meters; (sc. &unr_;) hexameter verse; "e`x six + &unr_; measure: cf. F. hexamètre. See Six, and Meter.] (Gr. & Lat. Pros.) A verse of six feet, the first four of which may be either dactyls or spondees, the fifth must regularly be a dactyl, and the sixth always a spondee. In this species of verse are composed the Iliad of Homer and the Aeneid of Virgil. In English hexameters accent takes the place of quantity. [1913 Webster]

Leaped like the | roe when he | hears in the | woodland the | voice of the | huntsman. Longfellow. [1913 Webster]

Strongly it | bears us a- | long on | swelling and | limitless | billows,
Nothing be- | fore and | nothing be- | hind but the | sky and the | ocean. Coleridge. [1913 Webster]

a. Having six metrical feet, especially dactyls and spondees. Holland.

{ } a. Consisting of six metrical feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who writes in hexameters. “The Christian hexametrists.” Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Previous examination. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Preëxamined p. pr. & vb. n. Preëxamining. ] To examine beforehand. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A repeated examination. See under Examination. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To examine anew. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who examines himself; one given to self-examination. [ 1913 Webster ]

The humiliated self-examinant feels that there is evil in our nature as well as good. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An examination into one's own state, conduct, and motives, particularly in regard to religious feelings and duties. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no example or similar case; being without precedent; unprecedented; unparalleled. “A revolution . . . unexampled for grandeur of results.” De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]