Hypertext Webster Gateway: "perusal"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Perusal \Pe*rus"al\, n. [From {Peruse}.]
1. The act of carefully viewing or examining. [R.] --Tatler.
2. The act of reading, especially of reading through or with
care. --Woodward.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
perusal
n : reading carefully with intent to remember [syn: {perusing},
{poring over}, {studying}]
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