perscrutate means To scrutinize, peruse, inspect (something). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 95 out of 100.
Why this word is great
PERSCRUTATE — [Verb] To conduct a deeply searching, exhaustive investigation; to scrutinize not just the surface, but to probe the hidden layers of a subject. From Latin perscrūtātus, perfect passive participle of perscrūtor, from per- ("through") + scrūtor ("to search, examine"). Unlike "scrutinize" (which implies a formal, critical inspection of what is present) or "peruse" (which centers on a thorough reading of text), to perscrutate is to embark on a deeper, more restless excavation of the hidden. It is the scholar chasing a single heresy through a century of obscure marginalia, the detective sifting cold ashes for the third time under a different light, or the mind worrying a memory until its meaning bleeds out—a pursuit less about finding an answer than about exhausting the possibility of its concealment.
verb
- To scrutinize, peruse, inspect (something).“For though in the Laws of nature ard men, there is myſterious abſtruſity, which toils and troubles the Learners brain, in perſcrutating and underſtanding them; the effects whereof are viſible in the moroſity and ſeparation of their Students, from the pleaſures of converſation and diverſion; yet are the events and iſſues in comprehenſion of them to ſuch degrees,as are conſectaries and rewards of do”