[ pə'ru:z ]
■ verb formal read or examine thoroughly or carefully.
Derivatives
perusal noun
~r noun
Origin
C15 (in the sense 'use up, wear out'): perh. from per- + use , but cf. Anglo-Norman Fr. ~r 'examine'.
Usage
The verb ~ means ‘read thoroughly and carefully’. It is sometimes mistakenly taken to mean ‘read through quickly; glance over’, as in later documents will be ~d rather than analysed thoroughly .