Definition of Perusing

1. Noun. Reading carefully with intent to remember.

Exact synonyms: Perusal, Poring Over, Studying
Generic synonyms: Reading
Derivative terms: Peruse, Peruse, Study, Study

Definition of Perusing

1. Noun. studying something carefully ¹

2. Verb. (present participle of peruse) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Perusing

1. peruse [v] - See also: peruse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Perusing

pertussises
pertuzumab
peruke
peruked
perukes
perula
perulae
perusable
perusal
perusals
peruse
perused
peruser
perusers
peruses
perusing (current term)
peruvian
peruviol
pervade
pervaded
pervader
pervaders
pervades
pervading
pervadingly
pervaporate
pervaporated
pervaporates
pervaporating

Literary usage of Perusing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Practical Treatise of the Law of Vendors and Purchasers of Estates by Edward Burtenshaw Sugden (1851)
"OF perusing ABSTRACTS. 1. Perusal at one sitting. 8. Notes. 4. Opinion book. 5. ... I. IN regard to the best mode of perusing an abstract by counsel [*438] ..."

2. A Practical Treatise on Abstracts and Examinations of Title to Real Property by George William Warvelle (1921)
"perusing the abstract. § 607. Clouds upon title. § 592. Note taking. ... perusing the Abstract. No specific rules can be laid down in regard to the perusal ..."

3. A Practical Treatise on Abstracts and Examinations of Title to Real Property by George William Warvelle (1907)
"perusing the abstract. § 607. 592. Note taking. 608. Clouds upon title. ... perusing the Abstract. No specific rules can be laid down in regard to the ..."

4. A Practical Treatise on Abstracts and Examinations of Title to Real Property by George William Warvelle (1892)
"perusing the abstract . § 17. 2. Note taking. 18. 3. ... perusing the Abstract. K"o specific rule can be laid down in regard to the perusal of the abstract ..."

5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1887)
"... he explored Plato and Plotinus in recently published Latin translations, ' conferred and paralleled them, perusing the one as a commentary to the other. ..."

6. Publications by Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) (1853)
"... her visage ès dejected, nay, od altered ; and, perusing , I might behold the colour of her fresh ..."

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