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To observe; to examine with care. [R.] Myself I then perused, and limb by limb Surveyed. Milton.

One who peruses.

To peruse again. Ld. Lytton.

of the heads or points of a law argument. It was not without some reference to it that I perused many a brief. Sir J. Stephen.

To study in order to know; to peruse; to learn; to commit to memory; to regard studiously. Fixedly did look Upon the muddy waters which he conned As if he had been reading in a book. Wodsworth. I did not come into Parliament to con my lesson. Burke. To con answer, to be able to answer. [Obs.] -- To con thanks, to thank…

ation in retirement; hence (loosely) any literary composition. Thy lucubrations have been perused by several of our friends. Tatler.

To read over, or peruse. Shak.

e sense of, as of language, by interpreting the characters with which it is expressed; to peruse; as, to read a discourse; to read the letters of an alphabet; to read figures; to read the notes of music, or to read music; to read a book. Redeth [read ye] the great poet of Itaille. Chaucer. Well could he rede a lesson o…

Abounding in spells, or charms. Here, while his eyes the learned leaves peruse, Each spellful mystery explained he views. Hoole.

To look over so as to read; to peruse. [Obs.] Shak.

Not read or perused; as, an unread book. Hooker.

examination; as, a just view of the arguments or facts in a case. I have with exact view perused thee, Hector. Shak.