reading over

Verb

read over (third-person singular simple present reads over, present participle reading over, simple past and past participle read over)

1. To read (a document, book, etc.) through, though not necessarily thoroughly.
2. In superstitious belief, to read from the Bible out loud physically over something so as to confer some magical relief or power.
   • [H]e read over the changeling the following spell: Receive, O earth! O virgin earth!1866, William P. Nimmo, Nimmo's Popular Tales, volume 3, page 252