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Definition

to read or examine

peruse = read or examine

perused = read

peruse = examine or consider with attention and in detail

Only a few haunt the "parlor," perusing a menu of services and a couple of girls.
Ellen Hopkins -- Glass

perusing = examining

It was bustling with people, but they scored a table at the window and perused the menus.
Rick Riordan -- The Son of Neptune

perused = read or examined

The priest takes him to the bookseller and stands in the street, guarding him, while he peruses the shelves.
Junot Diaz -- Drown

peruses = examines (looks through)

peruse = examine or consider with attention

As Hollis perused the menu, I looked out on to the boardwalk, watching the people walk by.
Sarah Dessen -- Along for the Ride

perused = read or examined

peruse = examine or consider with attention and in detail

perusing = reading or examining

he'd perused the record of my case with the utmost care.
Albert Camus -- The Stranger

perused = read or examined

Soon after finishing the perusal of this description, he took his departure,
Edgar Allan Poe -- The Purloined Letter

perusal = act of reading or examining

Come, go with me, peruse this as thou goest;
Fair Jessica shall be my torch-bearer.
William Shakespeare -- The Merchant of Venice

peruse = examine or consider with attention and in detail

He falls to such perusal of my face As he would draw it.
William Shakespeare -- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

perusal = examine or consider with attention and in detail

And as she watched Spencer peruse Kate Spade's leather luggage, Hanna wondered if Spencer was thinking what she was thinking:
Sara Shepard -- Pretty Little Liars

peruse = examine

peruse = examine or consider with attention and in detail

...he received a new product every month to peruse, no obligation to buy.
Sarah Dessen -- The Truth About Forever

peruse = examine

peruse = examine or consider with attention and in detail

He and the other fifth-years spent a considerable part of the final weekend of the Easter break reading all the careers information that had been left there for their perusal.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

perusal = the act of reading or examining

peruse = examine or consider with attention and in detail

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