Word of the Day

Peruse

January 22, 2020

pe-ruse / pə-ˈrüz

 

verb   to regard or study thoroughly, paying attention to detail I do love perusing the dictionary to find how many words I don’t use – words that have specific, sharp, focused meaning. Geoffrey Rush, 1951-   to look through something quickly; to browse Advertisements are now so numerous that they are very negligently perused. Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784   to read Peruse a good book several times and make notes and analyses of it. Charles Spurgeon, 1834-1892
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