Pe-rūse′, v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. PERUSED; p. pr. & vb. n. PERUSING.] [Usually derived from Lat. per, through, and uti, usus, to use; but it appears rather to be a corruption of pervise, formerly written pervise, from Lat. pervisus, p. p. of pervidere, to look over, to consider, to examine. Anciently peruse signified also to examine, to survey.]

1. To read, or to read with attention. Addison.
2. To observe; to consider; to examine with careful survey. [Obs.]

I have perused her well. Shak. Myself I then perused, and limb by limb Surveyed. Milton.