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peruse
What does peruse mean?
peruse (verb): to examine or consider with care.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use peruse in a sentence?
- Please peruse this report at your leisure. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce peruse?
/pəˈɹuz/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does peruse come from?
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.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to peruse
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “peruse” mean?
to refuse to accept; to forswear
Not quite: that's what reject means.
compensate for or counterbalance
Not quite: that's what offset means.
to examine or consider with care
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to initiate; to cause or lead to
Not quite: that's what prompt means.
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