PERUSE

peruse

(verb) examine or consider with attention and in detail; “Please peruse this report at your leisure”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

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.

Usage notes

• 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.

Noun

peruse (plural peruses)

An examination or perusal; an instance of perusing.

Anagrams

• persue, purees, purées, rupees

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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