sift
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sift (third-person singular simple present sifts, present participle sifting, simple past and past participle sifted)
- To sieve or strain (something).
- To separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving.
- To examine (something) carefully.
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 28.
- But if we still carry on our sifting humour, and ask, What is the foundation of all conclusions from experience ? this implies a new question.
- 1764, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, Strawberry Hill Press:
- It immediately occurred to him to sift her on the subject of Isabella and Theodore.
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 28.
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to sieve or strain (something)
to separate or scatter (things) as if by sieving
to examine (something) carefully
