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pores over

pores over is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 pores over

What is pores over the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pores over is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pore over.

Words near pores over in the dictionary

  1. porencephaly
  2. Porepunkah
  3. porer
  4. porers
  5. pores
  6. pores over
  7. porewater
  8. porewaters
  9. Poreč
  10. porfimer
  11. porfimer sodium

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