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 this examinant saith, that she sent her grey impe, Elizabeth Clark a black imp, and Elizabeth Gooding a white imp.
From The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology by Murray, Margaret Alice
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
Afterwards, when the child could speak, this examinant asked her what she saw at the time?
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
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
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