peruse

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

PERU'SE, verb transitive s as z. [Some of the senses of this word would lead to the inference that it is from the Latin perviso. If not, I know not its origin.] 1. To read, or to read with attention. 2. To observe; to examine with careful survey. I have perus'd her well. Myself I then perus'd, and limb by limb Survey'd.
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