Obs. exc. Hist. [f. next vb. (or ? ad. L. exāmen, -inis: cf. origin).] = EXAMINATION. Also attrib.
1605. Answ. supposed Discov. Romish Doctr., 43. Therefore the examine of such things we entreate may be left to God.
1630. I. Craven, Serm. (1631), 14. Vpon a second examine, it may seeme to be personall.
1662. J. Lamont, Diary, 21 Sept. Divers persons were excommunicat … both for ignorance, and being absent from the dyetts of examine.
1885. A. Edgar, Old Ch. Life Scot., 124, note. It may be presumed that the examine roll was very carefully made up by the minister.
