examinant
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of examinant
1580–90; < Latin exāminant- (stem of exāmināns, present participle of exāmināre ) weighing, trying, examining. See examine, -ant
Example Sentences
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And abundance more to this purpose, which the examinant does not remember.
From History of John Bull by Arbuthnot, John
And this examinant saith, that the names of her three imps were Margaret, Amie, and Susan.
From The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology by Murray, Margaret Alice
At other times, the eldest child told this examinant that she saw flies bring her crooked pins.
From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 by Mackay, Charles
Once the child, being speechless, but otherwise very sensible, ran up and down the house, crying, 'Hush! hush!' as if she had seen poultry; but this examinant saw nothing.
From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 by Mackay, Charles
To every question proposed to him the steward shook his head; and, in spite of the threats of the examinant, and the blows of his followers, he persisted in maintaining silence.
From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by Ainsworth, William Harrison
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