Associations to the word «Peruse»

Wiktionary

PERUSE, noun. An examination or perusal; an instance of perusing.
PERUSE, verb. (transitive) To examine or consider with care.
PERUSE, verb. (transitive) To read completely.
PERUSE, verb. (transitive) (informal) To look over casually; to skim.
PERUSE, verb. (intransitive) (regional) To go from place to place; to wander.

Dictionary definition

PERUSE, verb. Examine or consider with attention and in detail; "Please peruse this report at your leisure".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope