Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To read or examine, typically with great care.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To go through searchingly or carefully; run over with careful scrutiny; examine throughout or in detail; inspect; survey; scan; scrutinize.
- To read through carefully or with attention.
Wiktionary
- n. An examination or perusal; an instance of perusing.
- v. To examine or consider with care.
- v. To read completely.
- v. To look over casually; to skim.
- v. To go from place to place; to wander.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To observe; to examine with care.
- v. To read through; to read carefully.
WordNet 3.0
- v. examine or consider with attention and in detail
Etymologies
- Middle English perusen, to use up : Latin per-, per- + Middle English usen, to use; see use.
Examples
“However, "peruse" actually has the opposite meaning.”
“Our aim was to peruse as many of the great New York City food venues as possible in our short time together.”
The Huffington Post: Marilinda Hodgdon: Modernist Cuisine at WD-50/Food as a High Art Form
“Perhaps PotW is bitter because it made do with 25p a week, which bought one packet of Premier League stickers that it would peruse on rotation for an entire weekend – but £6.25 really would buy an awful lot of sweets.”
The Guardian: Our pick of the week: The story, the stat, the quote, the tweet
“Sources close to the President reported that he and Mrs. Obama intend to keep their plans to accompany Sasha and Malia on a planned excursion to The Green Room to peruse the Stephenie Meyer collection.”
“Continue to check adventures in accessorizing on Kadeem Johnson's blog here, and for similar stories please do peruse mine as well here.”
The Huffington Post: Mihal Freinquel: Kadeem Johnson: Reinvigorating Men's Accessories
“To read more from Kristen Houghton, peruse her articles at KristenHoughton.com and visit her Keys to Happiness blog.”
The Huffington Post: Kristen Houghton: Thank You Faith Baldwin, My Beloved Mentor
“I continued to peruse the site, and I like what I saw -- it had a beautiful waterfront campus, various student led organizations, a rich history --and it was in the south.”
The Huffington Post: Danyelle Gary: Hampton Made Me This Way
“You are invited to peruse the Royal Society's complete list of the recipients of medals, awards and prize lectures for 2011.”
The Guardian: The Royal Society of London announces the 2011 Copley Medal winner
“Though this is the kind of thing that most Playboy readers would only do in the comfort of their own bathrooms, the hipsters had no trouble fiddling with iPads to peruse the magazine's comprehensive app in full display of other hipsters.”
“I encourage you to peruse and contribute videos of your Inside Out action to the site -- which includes the first beautiful and provocative piece from director Alastair Siddons, who has been following JR from Tunisia to North Dakota and beyond as he joins a handful of global actions.”
The Huffington Post: Amy Novogratz: JR Launches New Video Collective -- How Are You Contributing?
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