Verb

To see, to be aware of, to understand.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April

, author=Colin Allen , title=Do I See What You See? , volume=100, issue=2, page=168 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=Numerous experimental tests and other observations have been offered in favor of animal mind reading, and although many scientists are skeptical, others assert that humans are not the only species capable of representing what others do and don’t perceive and know.}}

Verb

(perus)

To examine or consider with care.

* {{quote-book, 1847,

, passage=Sitting on a low stool, a few yards from her arm-chair, I examined her figure; I perused her features.}}

To read completely.

* {{quote-book, 1887,

, passage=We are for reasons that, after perusing this manuscript, you may be able to guess, going away again this time to Central Asia

(informal) To look over casually; to skim.

* {{quote-book, 2001, Doug Stanton, In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis, page=35 citation

, passage=Haynes quickly perused the message, then took it to the captain on the bridge. }}

* {{quote-book, 2005, , Acid Alex, page=98 citation

, passage=She asked Denise for the court file, which she fussed from her handbag. The woman perused it briefly and then beamed up at me.}}

(regional) To go from place to place; to wander.

* {{quote-book, 1957, , The Old Man And The Boy, page=55 citation

, passage=I loved to straggle off in the mornings