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pored over

pored over is the simple past and past participle of pore over.

Meaning of pore over

Verb

pore over (third-person singular simple present pores over, present participle poring over, simple past and past participle pored over)

  1. (transitive) To examine something (especially written material) carefully and attentively.
    • While the pictures of what precisely unfolded after Cissé looked to tread on Evans are not entirely conclusive, the Football Association will surely pore over them on Thursday before quite possibly using video evidence to impose lengthy retrospective bans stemming from an incident unseen by Anthony...2015 March 4, Louise Taylor, The Guardian

Questions about pored over

What is pored over the simple past and past participle of?
Pored over is the simple past and past participle of pore over.

Words near pored over in the dictionary

  1. pore water pressures
  2. poreblind
  3. Porebski
  4. Porebskis
  5. pored
  6. pored over
  7. porefield
  8. porefields
  9. poreless
  10. porelessness
  11. porelike

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