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peruse

/pəˈɹuːz/

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What does peruse mean?

verb

  1. To examine or consider with care.
  2. To read completely.
  3. (informal) To look over casually; to skim.
More meanings (2)

verb

  1. To go from place to place; to wander.

noun

  1. An examination or perusal; an instance of perusing.

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IPA pronunciation

/pəˈɹuːz/

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I closed the book, which I dared no longer peruse, and put it on the table, beside the untasted tart.
Charlotte BrontëJane Eyre: An AutobiographyProject Gutenberg ebook #1260
And, good my lord, so please you, let our trains March by us, that we may peruse the men We should have coped withal.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
More book examples (3)
There are authors whose living voices, if we know them in the flesh, we seem to hear in our ears as we peruse their works.
Andrew LangIntroduction to the Compleat AnglerProject Gutenberg ebook #2422
She fled, re-entered the house, and shut herself up in her chamber to peruse the manuscript once more, to learn it by heart, and to dream.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
He had not a correspondent on earth, nor was there a possible letter coming to him whose contents the whole parish would not have been welcome to peruse.
Thomas HardyFar from the Madding CrowdProject Gutenberg ebook #27