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Perusing

Peruse \Pe*ruse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Perused; p. pr. & vb. n. Perusing.] [Pref. per- + use.]

  1. To observe; to examine with care. [R.]

    Myself I then perused, and limb by limb Surveyed.
    --Milton.

  2. To read through; to read carefully.
    --Shak.

Wiktionary
perusing

n. studying something carefully vb. (present participle of peruse English)

WordNet
perusing

n. reading carefully with intent to remember [syn: perusal, poring over, studying]

Usage examples of "perusing".

The Marine did as ordered, and Harrod went back to perusing the Officer's Qualification Record and Confidential Personnel Summary before him in the disarray of his desk.

He read both from cover to cover, first perusing the daily entries, then, alarmed, slowing to read each page carefully.

He returned his gaze to the monitor in front of him, but instead of perusing the holdings of a numbered account, he was watching Sylvia all over again, replaying the golden moments of their weekend together, already three days and half a century past.

Sebastian, where I found a highly educated brigand chief perusing Caesar’s ‘Commentaries,’ and who deigned to leave off reading to inform me, that unless the next morning, before six o’clock, four thousand piastres were paid into his account at his banker’s, at a quarter past six I should have ceased to exist.

Some were perusing the article, others making comments and recalling circumstances which substantiated the charges still more.