3 November 2017

peruse

[puh-rooz]

verb (used with object), perused, perusing.

1. to read through with thoroughness or care:
to peruse a report.
2. to scan or browse:
The shoppers perused the magazines near the cash register while waiting to check out.
3. to read.
4. to survey or examine in detail.

Origin of peruse

1470-1480 in sense “use up, go through”; 1525-35 for current senses; per- + use

Related forms

perusable, adjective
peruser, noun
preperuse, verb (used with object), preperused, preperusing.
quasi-perusable, adjective
reperuse, verb (used with object), reperused, reperusing.

Can be confused

peruse, pursue.

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Examples from the Web for peruse

Contemporary Examples

Copies of a 53-page strategic plan are on the coffee table in her office for visitors to peruse.
Obama’s Hidden Power Player
Eleanor Clift
May 11, 2014

Then I peruse my RSS feeds for Red Sox stories by my competitors.
Opening Day 2013: How to Write About Baseball in the Big Leagues
Noah Charney
March 30, 2013

Historical Examples

Let no man thinke this to be strange, but peruse and consider the reason.
A New Orchard And Garden
William Lawson

He took it hastily, and drew nigh to the lantern to peruse it.
Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune
Charles James Lever

With a feeling of dread for which I could not account, I hastened to peruse it.
Frank Fairlegh
Frank E. Smedley

Anagram

rupees

Today’s quote

Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.

– Robert H. Schuller

On this day

3 November 1913 – The United States introduces income tax.

3 November 1921 – birth of Charles Dennis Buchinsky, otherwise known as Charles Bronson, American actor. Died 30 August 2003.

3 November 1957 – Laika becomes the world’s first space-dog when the Soviet Union launches Sputnik II, sending the first ever living animal into space. Laika is the first animal to orbit the earth. She was a stray-dog which was chosen to undergo training with two other dogs, before being selected for the mission. In 2002 it was revealed that she died within hours of take-off from over-heating when one of the motors failed to separate from the payload.