Antonyms for pore over

Grammar : Verb

Spell : pawr, pohr

Phonetic Transcription : pɔr, poʊr

Definition of pore over

Origin : "gaze intently," early 13c., of unknown origin, with no obvious corresponding word in Old French. Perhaps from Old English *purian, suggested by spyrian "to investigate, examine," and spor "a trace, vestige." Related: Pored; poring.

As in learn : verb acquire information
As in look : verb examine visually
As in mull : verb think about seriously
As in peruse : verb check out; examine
As in read : verb look at and understand written word
As in regard : verb look at; listen to
As in scrutinize : verb examine closely
As in sift : verb take out residue; remove impurities
As in study : verb contemplate, learn
As in lucubrate : verb study
As in contemplate : verb gaze at
As in examine : verb analyze, test

Example sentences :

Well, you may; you can take your books to the library, and have a long evening to pore over them.
Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy

He loved to pore over his father's tracings and maps of the old workings.
Extract from : « Derrick Sterling » by Kirk Monroe

Who can pore over the suppers of Apicius without the fondest regret?
Extract from : « Pelham, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Therefore you cannot sit down in the evening and pore over its mystic signs.
Extract from : « The Galaxy » by Various

In a fever of hope and fear, I pore over it in the solitude of the cell.
Extract from : « Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist » by Alexander Berkman

To pore over them is to achieve a certain contentment of the soul.
Extract from : « Fifth Avenue » by Arthur Bartlett Maurice

If you had learned to read, you would have to pore over books all the time.
Extract from : « The Magician's Show Box and Other Stories » by Lydia Maria Child

Lewis went back into his house, and, lighting his lamp, sat down to pore over one of Brother Nathan's books.
Extract from : « The Way to Peace » by Margaret Deland

Many a night would she pore over the Latin Grammar, that she might be even one stage before me in the morning.
Extract from : « That Boy Of Norcott's » by Charles James Lever

Your men who pore over treaties and maps and protocols may plan and scheme to their hearts' content; but we can act.
Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever

Synonyms for pore over

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