peruse

pe·ruse  (p-rz)

tr.v. pe·rused, pe·rus·ing, pe·rus·es

To read or examine, typically with great care.

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[Middle English perusen, to use up : Latin per-, per- + Middle English usen, to use; see use.]

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pe·rusa·ble adj.

pe·rusal n.

pe·ruser n.

Usage Note: Peruse has long meant "to read thoroughly" and is often used loosely when one could use the word read instead, as in The librarians checked to see which titles had been perused in the last month and which been left untouched. Seventy percent of the Usage Panel rejected this example in our 1999 survey. Sometimes people use it to mean "to glance over, skim," as in I only had a moment to peruse the manual quickly, but this usage is widely considered an error. In a 1988 survey, 66 percent of the Panel found it unacceptable, and in 1999, 58 percent still rejected it.

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peruse

Verb

[-rusing, -rused]

1. to read or examine with care

2. to browse or read in a leisurely way [per- (intensive) + use]

perusal n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

peruse - examine or consider with attention and in detail; "Please peruse this report at your leisure" examine, see - observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect; "The customs agent examined the baggage"; "I must see your passport before you can enter the country" leaf, riff, riffle, thumb, flick, flip - look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume"

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peruse

verb read, study, scan, check, examine, inspect, browse, look through, eyeball (slang) work over, scrutinize, run your eye over, surf Computing

Translations

peruse [pəˈruːz] vt (= examine) → leer con detención, examinar (= glance at); mirar por encima

peruse [pəˈruːz] vt → durchsehen