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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats