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pore

1[pawr, pohr]
–verb (used without object), pored, por⋅ing.
1. to read or study with steady attention or application: a scholar poring over a rare old manuscript.
2. to gaze earnestly or steadily: to pore over a painting.
3. to meditate or ponder intently (usually fol. by over, on, or upon): He pored over the strange events of the preceding evening.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME pouren < ?


3. ponder, scrutinize, peruse, examine.
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