perscrutate UK /pəːˈskruː.teɪt/US /pɚˈskruˌteɪt/ verb1 •(rare) To scrutinize, peruse, inspect (something).But as long as he held that myth was a by-product of language, Mr. Max Müller seemed to think that, till we had all savage languages perscrutated by new Bopps and Kuhns, we could not move. — 1900 formsperscrutated · perscrutating · perscrutates