Bible Dictionaries
Sift
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(v. t.) To separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the coarse; as, to sift meal or flour; to sift powder; to sift sand or lime.
(2):
(v. t.) To examine critically or minutely; to scrutinize.
(3):
(v. t.) To separate or part as if with a sieve.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sift'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/sift.html. 1828.