Definition of "perusing" []

• Studying something carefully (noun)
• Present participle of peruse. (verb)

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• "There's no shame in perusing the local Wally world at 3am, especially if you enjoy night-fishing."
• "We represent a number of large record companies, including SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group, as well as all of their subsidiaries ( "Record Companies,") in perusing claims of copyright infringement against individuals who have illegally uploaded or downloaded sound-recordings on peer-to-peer networks."
• "I have never yet felt the desire to study French novels of an erotic type; but if I ever do feel it, I shall have no hesitation whatever in perusing them in public – even on the top of a 'bus."