单词 | perusing |
释义 | perusingn.ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > using up, expending, or consuming > [noun] > instance of perusing1488 1488 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 6 Deliueree perusing & other wyse demeanyng of the said shipps. 1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 300 Deliverances employmentes perusynges losse & wast of the Stuff takle Store & other the premisses. 2. The action of reading; an act of this; = perusal n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > communication > reading > [noun] > reading through perlection1485 perusing1538 perusal?1589 supervise1604 1538 R. Southwell Let. 3 Mar. in T. Wright Three Chapters Lett. Suppression Monasteries (1843) 171 This booke in the more parte or all is alteryd from the other in matter, as by the perusing therof your lordeshipp shall wele perseyve. 1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie sig. Ciij I was moued by the oft reading & perusing of them, with a restles and lofty desire. 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 14 Arminius was perverted meerly by the perusing of a namelesse discours writt'n at Delf. 1672 H. More Let. 11 May in Conway Lett. (1992) vi. 358 The perusing of Mr Hymes Flux and Reflux of the Sea. 1710 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 49 The reading and perusing of middle-ag'd Antiquities. 1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. Pref. 14 The perusing of Travels is to most people a very delightful kind of reading. 1887 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm.: Suppl. Nights III. dxxvii. 77 The abounding skill in spells and conjurations which he had acquired by the perusing and the lessoning of forty years. 1907 F. Harrison Creed of Layman xvii. 396 Days spent in visits to the spots made sacred by great memories..may teach more than the perusing of academic text-books. 1993 A. Rushdy Neo-Slave Narratives v. 139 Reading, in this sense, is more than the perusing of texts; it is equally the ability to engage with people or to control them. 3. More generally: examination, inspection; = perusal n. 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [noun] inspection1390 search1415 probationc1422 ensearchingc1430 surview1432 enserchise1436 overseeingc1449 sight1452 hearkeninga1483 discuting1483 ensearcha1509 inquiry1512 upsightc1515 perusing1556 perpending1558 overlooking1565 interview1567 trial1575 peruse1578 visitation1583 perspective?a1586 overviewing1590 looking over1599 sounding1599 perusal1604 supervise1604 disquisition1605 expiscation1605 prospect1625 ravellinga1626 disquiry1628 disquisitive1660 perpendment1667 inspecting1788 sleuthing1900 casing1928 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie xxvi. sig. Miiij Vpon perusing: let reason streight iudge, How far fled from reason: thy selfe herin arte. 1587 R. Hovenden in C. R. L. Fletcher Collectanea (1885) I. 220 Upon the perusing, it received..good liking. 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een Overzieninge, an Overseeing, a Per-using, or a Conferring. 1776 in J. Sullivan Minutes Albany Comm. Corr. (1923) 314 Upon perusing of the said Poll, it appeared that Barent Van Der Pool, Andries Witbeeck, [etc.]..are duly elected. 1886 J. Ruskin Præterita (1949) II. x. 377 He nodded and smiled, and again took to his steady but quite inoffensive perusing of my face. 1993 A. Kidder tr. R. Panikkar Dwelling Place for Wisdom ii. 58 A perusing of a pretty picture album..might help us remember but cannot replace memories with reality. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). perusingadj. rare. Designating a person or thing given to reading. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > [adjective] > engaged in investigation perquiring1598 exploratory1620 zetetic1645 zetetical1646 disquisitive1647 probing1749 disquisitorial1806 investigating1830 perusing1878 pickbrain1903 1878 T. Hardy Return of Native ii. i, in Belgravia Apr. 231 Clym Yeobright is become a real perusing man. 1887 T. Hardy Woodlanders iv. 26 Our new neighbour is a strange deep perusing gentleman. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1488adj.1878 |
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