Peruse

Noun

 * 1) An examination or perusal; an instance of perusing.
 * 2) *2008, Dave Robson, "Hi-tea, low cost!", Evening Gazette online, September 12,
 * A peruse of the website looked promising

Verb

 * 1)  To examine or consider with care.
 * 2)  To read completely.
 * 3)  To look over casually; to skim.
 * 4)  To go from place to place; to wander.
 * 1)  To look over casually; to skim.
 * 2)  To go from place to place; to wander.
 * 1)  To go from place to place; to wander.
 * 1)  To go from place to place; to wander.

Adverbs for Peruse
studiously; exhaustively; intensely; candidly; calmly; coolly; professionally; determinedly; imaginatively; sympathetically.

Thesaurus
autopsy, bone, browse, canvass, check, check out, check over, check up on, con, contemplate, dig, drill, elucubrate, examine, eye, give an examination, give the eye, give the once-over, go over, grind, hard look, inspect, leer, leer at, look at, look over, lucubrate, monitor, observe, ogle, ogle at, overhaul, overlook, pass over, pass under review, peer at, plunge into, pore, pore over, postmortem, practice, read, regard studiously, restudy, review, run over, scan, scrutinize, set an examination, size, size up, study, survey, swot, take a long, take stock of, take the measure, vet, wade through

Etymology
From per-:+use:, from either (peruti:, perusitare:) or  (peruser:), originally leading two concurrent meanings, but only those derived from "to examine" survive today.

Noun

 * Finnish:, tarkastelu


 * French:

Verb

 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch: zorgvuldig onderzoeken
 * Finnish:


 * French:
 * German:, genau unter die Lupe nehmen
 * Portuguese:


 * Czech: ,
 * Finnish: lukea huolellisesti,
 * German: durchlesen


 * Hungarian: végigolvas
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Portuguese:


 * Czech: ,
 * French:


 * German:
 * Hungarian: átolvas

Derived terms

 * perusable
 * perusal
 * peruser

Anagrams

 * purees, purées
 * rupees