v. [ad. L. auscultāre to hear with attention, listen to. (Aus- = aur- in auris ear; the rest is doubtful.) Cf. F. ausculter.] = next.
c. 1840. E. Rigby, in Tweedie’s Libr. Med., VI. 55. The sound of each heart should be ausculted at the same moment.
1881. Miss Braddon, Asph., xxiii. 254. He ausculted me carefully, found me sound in wind and limb.
