expertize

American

[ek-sper-tahyz] / ˈɛk spərˌtaɪz /

especially British, expertise

verb (used with or without object)

expertized, expertizing

to study or investigate as an expert.

expertize British

/ ˈɛkspɜːˌtaɪz /

verb

to act as an expert or give an expert opinion (on)

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Etymology

Origin of expertize

First recorded in 1885–90; expert + -ize

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In the confusion of hints, claims, expertizing and balderdash that flooded news columns last week appeared these grains of narrative fact.

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When Duveen first denounced the Hahn Belle, Mme Harm's husband was a Kansas City auto salesman anxious to help but untutored in the art of expertizing paintings.

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After expertizing at the Washington Conference on the Limitation of Armaments and after a grand tour of the East as Consul-General-at-Large, Nelson Johnson was called home again.

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Lacking the informed balance of an Elmer Davis or a Raymond Gram Swing, he has usually avoided international expertizing, has relied on his flair for exploiting home-front issues.

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