perusal: Meaning and Definition of

pe•rus•al

Pronunciation: (pu-r'zul), [key]
— n.
  1. a reading: a perusal of the current books.
  2. the act of perusing; survey; scrutiny: A more careful perusal yields this conclusion.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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