perused

Verb

peruse (third-person singular simple present peruses, present participle perusing, simple past and past participle perused)

1. (transitive) To examine or consider with care.
   • Sitting on a low stool, a few yards from her arm-chair, I examined her figure; I perused her features.1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter IV, in Jane Eyre. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 58
2. (transitive) To read completely.
   • This survey may be made by perusing al Books and taking notice of all Mechanicall Inventions.1647, William Petty, The Advice to Hartlib
3. (informal, transitive) To look over casually; to skim.
   • Haynes quickly perused the message, then took it to the captain on the bridge.2001, Doug Stanton, In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis, →ISBN, page 35
4. (intransitive, regional) To go from place to place; to wander.
   • I loved to straggle off in the mornings […], just perusing around for firewood.1957, Robert Ruark, The Old Man And The Boy, →ISBN, page 55

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