English-Thai Dictionary

peruse

VT อ่าน  look through look over an

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PERUSE

v.t.s as z. [Some of the senses of this word would lead to the inference that it is from the Latin perviso. If not, I know not its origin. ] 1. To read, or to read with attention.
2. To observe; to examine with careful survey.
I have perus'd her well.
Myself I then perus'd, and limb by limb
Survey'd.

 

PERUSED

pp. Read; observed; examined.

 

PERUSER

n.One that reads or examines.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PERUSE

Pe *ruse ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Perused; p. pr. & vb. n. Perusing. ]Etym: [Pref. per- + use. ]

 

1. To observe; to examine with care. [R.] Myself I then perused, and limb by limb Surveyed. Milton.

 

2. To read through; to read carefully. Shak.

 

PERUSER

PERUSER Pe *rus "er, n.

 

Defn: One who peruses.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

peruse

pe ruse |pəˈro͞oz pəˈruz | ▶verb [ with obj. ] formal read (something ), typically in a thorough or careful way: he has spent countless hours in libraries perusing art history books and catalogues. • examine carefully or at length: Laura perused a Caravaggio. DERIVATIVES pe rus er noun ORIGIN late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘use up, wear out ’): perhaps from per- ‘thoroughly ’ + use, but compare with Anglo-Norman French peruser ‘examine. ’ usage: Note that peruse means ‘read, ’ typically with an implication of thoroughness and care. It does not mean ‘read through quickly; glance over, ’ as in documents will be perused rather than analyzed thoroughly.

 

Oxford Dictionary

peruse

peruse |pəˈruːz | ▶verb [ with obj. ] formal read (something ), typically in a thorough or careful way: he has spent countless hours in libraries perusing art history books and catalogues. I perused several online reviews. • examine carefully or at length: Laura perused a Caravaggio. DERIVATIVES peruser noun ORIGIN late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘use up, wear out ’): perhaps from per- ‘thoroughly ’ + use, but compare with Anglo-Norman French peruser ‘examine ’. usage: Note that peruse means ‘read ’, typically with an implication of thoroughness and care. It does not mean ‘read through quickly; glance over ’, as in documents will be perused rather than analysed thoroughly.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

peruse

peruse verb perusing the racing forms: read, study, scrutinize, inspect, examine, wade through, look through; browse through, leaf through, scan, run one's eye over, glance through, flick through, skim through, thumb through, dip into.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

peruse

peruse verb as he sipped his coffee, he perused the newspaper. See read (sense 1 of the verb ).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

peruse

pe ruse /pərúːz /動詞 他動詞 1 ｟かたく ｠…を熟読 [精読 ]する ; ｟時におどけて ｠…を読む, …に目を通す (read ).2 ｟かたく ｠…を精査する, くわしく吟味する .