Perusal
[pə'ruːz(ə)l]
Definition
(n.) The act of carefully viewing or examining.
(n.) The act of reading, especially of reading through or with care.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Reading.
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Examples
- He resumed the perusal of Rosanna Spearman's letter. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The scheme interested his father, and was put into effect, the messages being written down and handed over for perusal. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Widely different was the effect of a second perusal. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- By thus giving a popular character to the work, to make it acceptable to the young, it is hoped that it will not be found less worthy, on that account, the perusal of those more advanced in life. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- I was seized with such a violent fit of laughter after the perusal of Mr. Fisher's letter, that poor Eliza really thought I was mad. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The reader may have noticed in a perusal of this chapter the lack of autobiographical quotations, such as have appeared in other parts of this narrative. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- So I snuffed the candle and resumed the perusal of Marmion. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Shall I give you something I have written and put by for your perusal, or shall I hold my hand? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The serious perusal of this publication, and an attentive observation of the decisive experiments, will carry conviction to every mind. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- She opens it for him and puts it out for his perusal. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Elizabeth noticed every sentence conveying the idea of uneasiness, with an attention which it had hardly received on the first perusal. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I refer to the perusal (which I have just completed) of this interesting Diary. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I wrote to these letters two answers--one for my own relief, the other for Graham's perusal. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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