peruse(v = verb.perception) - examine or consider with attention and in detail; "Please peruse this report at your leisure"
is one way to examine, see
Derived forms noun perusal1, noun perusing1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
1. To observe; to examine with care. [1913 Webster]
"Myself I then perused, and limb by limb
Surveyed." [1913 Webster]
2. To read through; to read carefully. Shak. [1913 Webster]
peruse, v.tr.
1 (also absol.) read or study, esp. thoroughly or carefully.
2 examine (a person's face etc.) carefully.
Derivative:
perusal n. peruser n.
Etymology:
ME, orig. = use up, prob. f. AL f. Rmc (as PER-, USE)
VB learn, acquire knowledge, gain knowledge, receive knowledge, take in knowledge, drink in knowledge, imbibe knowledge, pick up knowledge, gather knowledge, get knowledge, obtain knowledge, collect knowledge, glean knowledge, glean information, glean learning, acquaint oneself with, master, make oneself master of, make oneself acquainted with, grind, cram, get up, coach up, learn by heart, learn by rote, read, spell, peruse, con over, pore over, thumb over, wade through, dip into, run the eye over, run the eye through, turn over the leaves, study, be studious, burn the midnight oil, consume the midnight oil, mind one's book, cram, go to school, go to college, go to the university, matriculate, serve an apprenticeship, serve one's apprenticeship, serve one's time, learn one's trade, be informed, be taught, drop out, leave school, quit school, graduate, transfer, take a leave, dismiss, expel, kick out of school, flunk out, be dismissed.