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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Exploring thoroughly; scrutinizing; penetrating; trying;

as, a

searching

discourse; a

searching

eye

“Piercing, searching, biting, cold.”

Dickens.

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Search′ing-ly

adv.

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Search′ing-ness

Noun.

pp.

serch'ing.

1. Looking into or over; exploring; examining; inquiring; seeking; investigating.

2. a. Penetrating; trying; close; as a searching discourse.

Noun.

search'ing. Exanination; severe inquisition. Judges 5.