peruse
- to read through with thoroughness or care: to peruse a report.
- to scan or browse: The shoppers perused the magazines near the cash register while waiting to check out.
- to read.
- to survey or examine in detail.
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Contemporary Examples of peruse
Recipients in a cryobank can peruse donor files and see hair color, eye color, race, height, IQ, and so on.
Have Sperm, Will Travel: The ‘Natural Inseminators’ Helping Women Avoid the Sperm BankElizabeth Picciuto
November 29, 2014
Copies of a 53-page strategic plan are on the coffee table in her office for visitors to peruse.
Then I peruse my RSS feeds for Red Sox stories by my competitors.
In the meantime, feel free to peruse the report, which can be read below.
On one of my last days as a student, I remember taking a break to peruse the university bookstore.
Historical Examples of peruse
Let no man thinke this to be strange, but peruse and consider the reason.
A New Orchard And GardenWilliam Lawson
He took it hastily, and drew nigh to the lantern to peruse it.
Maurice Tiernay Soldier of FortuneCharles James Lever
Sir Arthur put on his spectacles leisurely, and began to peruse it.
Tony ButlerCharles James Lever
With the rapidity of lightning he seemed to peruse the lines.
Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II (of II)Charles James Lever
With a feeling of dread for which I could not account, I hastened to peruse it.
Frank FairleghFrank E. Smedley
peruse
- to read or examine with care; study
- to browse or read through in a leisurely way