peruse
/pəˈɹuːz/ verb, noun
Forms peruses perusing perused
- verb (transitive) To examine or consider with care.
- verb (transitive) To read completely.
- verb (transitive, informal) To look over casually; to skim.
- verb (intransitive, regional) To go from place to place; to wander.
- noun An examination or perusal; an instance of perusing.
Etymology
From either Medieval Latin perūtor, perūsitō (“wear out”) or Anglo-Norman peruser (“use up”), originally leading to two concurrent meanings, but only those derived from "to examine" survive today. By surface analysis, per- + use.
Webster’s 1913
Etymology [Pref. per- + use.]
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “peruse”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details