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Definitions
Wiktionary
- v. third-person singular simple present indicative form of peruse.
Etymologies
- Middle English perusen, to use up : Latin per-, per- + Middle English usen, to use; see use.
Examples
“AN ASIAN MAN IN A white lab coat is standing at the foot of my bed holding a clipboard, clicking and unclicking his ballpoint pen as he peruses the pages of what I assume is my medical chart.”
“Vieri peruses the notes, nodding and continuing reading as the doors slide open to reveal a sterile hall and another set of blast doors.”
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“Rebeck's play is filled with foolishness, especially the idea that Rickman doesn't read anything until he shows up for class, which means they must sit in silence while he peruses someone's short story or novel!”
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“Alessandro Scotti for the Wall Street Journal Veronica peruses samples in the firm's textile library.”
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“He's frightened to death," says Randy Rosiello as the family peruses an Internet database – the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients – that compares wait times and success rates.”
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“* Curt Purcell peruses Doug Wolk's Reading Comics and declares it good: Basically, I'm enough of an outsider to find a lot of the current comics scene puzzling, but enough of an insider to have a fairly precise sense of what I don't understand.”
“Late in the Eastwood movie, his companion, Clyde Tolson, peruses a memoir Hoover has just completed about his life and career.”
“Welsh peruses the July Previews at Precocious [...]”
“A Man who has any Relish for fine Writing, either discovers new Beauties, or receives stronger Impressions from the Masterly Strokes of a great Author every time he peruses him; Besides that he naturally wears himself into the same manner of Speaking and Thinking.”
“Natalie Keyssar for The Wall Street Journal Luo Zilin peruses clothing from a designer she recently modeled for.”
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