peruse
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From either Medieval Latin perūtor, perūsitō (“wear out”)) or Anglo-Norman peruser (“use up”)), originally leading to two concurrent meanings, but only those derived from "to examine" survive today. By surface analysis, per- + use.
peruse (third-person singular simple present peruses, present participle perusing, simple past and past participle perused)
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peruse (plural peruses)
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