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| − | # the act of [[perusing]]; [[studying]] something carefully | + | # The act of [[perusing]]; [[studying]] something carefully. |
| | + | #*{{quote-book|year=1913|author=[[w:Robert Barr (writer)|Robert Barr]] |
| | + | |title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad |
| | + | |chapter=5|url=http://openlibrary.org/works/OL1796924W |
| | + | |passage=These were business hours, and a feeling of loneliness crept over him, perhaps germinated by his sight of the illustrated papers, and accentuated by an attempted '''perusal''' of them.}} |
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| | ====Related terms==== | | ====Related terms==== |
