to vet
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To treat animals as a doctor
- verb
- /vɛt/
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atender
- Before adopting a pet, it's important to vet its medical history and ensure it is healthy.
Examples
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The defeats of Akin and Murdock were results of gaffes and not properly vetting candidates.
Blog text (28) -
I had a literary agent for a nonfiction proposal years ago, but even without her, I would still be doing this since my agent didn't represent my genre and didn't vet my fiction (though the nonfiction proposal leaned heavily on imaginative writing).
Blog text (2) -
The rescue team decided to vet the injured dog before bringing it to the clinic.
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She plans to vet the sick animals at the shelter this weekend.
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb vet meaning to work as a veterinarian comes from veterinarian and veterinary, so to vet at a clinic means to give medical care to animals.