The action of perusing written or printed matter
the practice of occupying oneself in this way.
A single or separate act or course of perusal.
A particular passage read, a text; a discourse, a narrative.
The action of saying aloud the words of written or printed matter
as one scans them
sometimes in a specified manner
(also with aloud and out.)
A social or public entertainment
at which the audience listens to a reader.
The act of interpreting or expounding a dream, sign, etc., sometimes for the purpose of divination; an instance of this. The inspection of objects such as tea leaves, cards, the palm of the hand, etc., for the purposes of divination or fortune-telling; an instance of this.
