peruse
(verb) examine or consider with attention and in detail; “Please peruse this report at your leisure”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
peruse (third-person singular simple present peruses, present participle perusing, simple past and past participle perused)
(transitive) To examine or consider with care.
(transitive) To read completely.
(transitive, informal) To look over casually; to skim.
(intransitive, regional) To go from place to place; to wander.
• The sense of "skimming" is proscribed by some authorities on usage, including the Oxford American Dictionary. The shift, however, is not dissimilar to that found in scan, and thus, interestingly, peruse and scan are a synonym pair in which each is a contranym meaning either "to read carefully" or "to read hastily". To avoid ambiguity—and reader annoyance—careful writers may prefer skim when skimming is meant or scrutinize when care is meant. The Oxford English Dictionary further notes that the word peruse was used as a general synonym for read as far back as the 16th century.
peruse (plural peruses)
An examination or perusal; an instance of perusing.
• persue, purees, purĂ©es, rupees
Source: Wiktionary
Pe*ruse", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Perused; p. pr. & vb. n. Perusing.] Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 March 2025
(noun) bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
