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Surveyed

Survey \Sur*vey"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surveyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Surveying.] [OF. surveoir, surveer; sur, sor, over, E. sur + veoir, veeir, to see, F. voir, L. videre. See Sur-, and Vision, and cf. Supervise.]

  1. To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surrounding country.

    Round he surveys and well might, where he stood, So high above.
    --Milton.

  2. To view with a scrutinizing eye; to examine.

    With such altered looks, . . . All pale and speechless, he surveyed me round.
    --Dryden.

  3. To examine with reference to condition, situation, value, etc.; to examine and ascertain the state of; as, to survey a building in order to determine its value and exposure to loss by fire.

  4. To determine the form, extent, position, etc., of, as a tract of land, a coast, harbor, or the like, by means of linear and angular measurments, and the application of the principles of geometry and trigonometry; as, to survey land or a coast.

  5. To examine and ascertain, as the boundaries and royalties of a manor, the tenure of the tenants, and the rent and value of the same. [Eng.]
    --Jacob (Law Dict.).

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surveyed

vb. (en-past of: survey)

Usage examples of "surveyed".

A world was just too large and too varied a place to be surveyed by a single shipload of scientists.

It was easy to remain detached when the system to be surveyed consisted totally of sterile rocks and gas giants, as most of them were.

He surveyed his work, gloating, the orgasmic rhythm of fresh slaughter singing through his veins.

Clay climbed into the cab and surveyed his grease-stained uniform coveralls and filthy hands.

In the navigation room the second officer conscientiously glanced at each separate instrument at least once in each five minutes, and then carefully surveyed all the screens showing space outside the ship.

Then he lay back in the chair and surveyed her from half-closed eyes, colorless in a face tanned like saddle-leather.

He surveyed his quarters: a rough hexagon about three meters across with no furniture of any kind.

Each time, taking it in rums, they swam away from the nef and surveyed the mountainside, but each time the sonar told them that ooze lay thick over the rock, and over any more remains that might be in the area.

Pausing at the very foot of the cliff, Uncle Quinz surveyed her anxiously.

Eliste surveyed with appreciation the rolling countryside for which her home province of Fabeque was renowned.

In preternatural silence the black-clad Queller surveyed the scene, featureless gaze slowly sweeping left and right.

Once ensconced behind the lectern, Whiss surveyed the audience at length, preternatural tiger-eyes shifting slowly from face to face, sliding easily over some, elsewhere pausing long and significantly, to the indescribable discomfort of assorted victims.

He and Neb had surveyed the coast for a distance of eight miles and consequently much beyond the place where the balloon had fallen the last time but one, a fall which was followed by the disappearance of the engineer and the dog Top.

In fact, when the boat was abandoned at the sources of the Mercy, it had been agreed that after having surveyed the west coast, they should go back to it, and return to Granite House by the Mercy.

The whole of the island could now be surveyed, and on it could be seen groups of gum and other large trees, of the same species as those growing on Lincoln Island.