"examen" meaning in English

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        "2": "la",
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        "5": "the tongue of a balance, examination"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin exāmen (“the tongue of a balance, examination”)",
      "name": "der"
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        "2": "exagmen"
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      "expansion": "exagmen",
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        "1": "la",
        "2": "exigere",
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        "4": "to weigh accurately, to treat"
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      "expansion": "French examen",
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      "expansion": "exact",
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  "etymology_text": "From Latin exāmen (“the tongue of a balance, examination”), for exagmen, from exigere (“to weigh accurately, to treat”): compare French examen. See exact.",
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      "form": "examens",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "text": "July 11, 1780, William Cowper, letter to the Rev. William Unwin\nFor this reason I decline answering the question with which you concluded your last, and cannot persuade myself to enter into a critical examen of the two pieces upon Lord Mansfield's loss […]"
        }
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        "examination; inquiry"
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        "(obsolete) examination; inquiry"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪɡˈzeɪ.mən/"
    }
  ],
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        "5": "the tongue of a balance, examination"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
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        "1": "la",
        "2": "exagmen"
      },
      "expansion": "exagmen",
      "name": "m"
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    {
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        "1": "la",
        "2": "exigere",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to weigh accurately, to treat"
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      "expansion": "exigere (“to weigh accurately, to treat”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
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      "expansion": "French examen",
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  "etymology_text": "From Latin exāmen (“the tongue of a balance, examination”), for exagmen, from exigere (“to weigh accurately, to treat”): compare French examen. See exact.",
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      "form": "examens",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        }
      ],
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        "examination; inquiry"
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        "(obsolete) examination; inquiry"
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