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–verb (used with object), -rused, -rus·ing.

1.	to read through with thoroughness or care: to peruse a report.

to read.

3.	to survey or examine in detail.

[Origin: 1470–80 in sense “use up, go through”; 1525–35 for current senses; per- + use

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—Related forms

pe·rus·a·ble, adjective

pe·rus·er, noun

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tr.v. pe·rused, pe·rus·ing, pe·rus·es
To read or examine, typically with great care.

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

pe·rus'a·ble adj., pe·rus'al n., pe·rus'er 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

1479, "use up, wear out, go through," from M.E. per- "completely" + use (q.v.). Meaning "read carefully" is first recorded 1532, but this may be a separate formation.

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peruse
verb
examine or consider with attention and in detail; "Please peruse this report at your leisure"

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