Meaning of PERUSE
| Pronunciation: | | pu'rooz
|
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | [v] examine or consider with attention and in detail; "Please peruse this report at your leisure" |
| |
| | Websites: | |
|
| |
| | See Also: | | examine, flick, flip, leaf, riff, riffle, see, thumb | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | \Pe*ruse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perused}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Perusing}.] [Pref. per- + use.]
1. To observe; to examine with care. [R.]
Myself I then perused, and limb by limb Surveyed.
--Milton.
2. To read through; to read carefully. --Shak.
|
| |
| | Websites: | |
|
| |
| Thesaurus Terms |
| |
| | Related Terms: | | autopsy, bone, browse, canvass, check, check out, check over, check up on, con, contemplate, dig, drill, elucubrate, examine, eye, give an examination, give the eye, give the once-over, go over, grind, hard look, inspect, leer, leer at, look at, look over, lucubrate, monitor, observe, ogle, ogle at, overhaul, overlook, pass over, pass under review, peer at, plunge into, pore, pore over, postmortem, practice, read, regard studiously, restudy, review, run over, scan, scrutinize, set an examination, size, size up, study, survey, swot, take a long, take stock of, take the measure, vet, wade through |
| |
|
|
|