to pore over a book

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• pore — pore, pour The verb pore means ‘to think closely about (a subject)’ and is chiefly used in the phrasal verb to pore over (a book etc.). It is sometimes mistakenly written as pour, perhaps by false analogy with ‘pouring attention’ over something …   Modern English usage

• pore — pore1 [pôr, pōr] vi. pored, poring [ME poren < ?] 1. Now Rare to gaze intently 2. to read or study carefully: with over [to pore over a book] 3. to think deeply and thoroughly; ponder: with over pore2 [pôr, pōr] …   English World dictionary

• Pore — Pore, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Poring}.] [OE. poren, of uncertain origin; cf. D. porren to poke, thrust, Gael. purr.] To look or gaze steadily in reading or studying; to fix the attention; to be absorbed; often with on or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• pore — pore1 [po: US po:r] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin porus, from Greek poros way through ] one of the small holes in your skin that liquid, especially ↑sweat, can pass through, or a similar hole in the surface of a plant pore 2… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• pore — 1. n. esp. Biol. a minute opening in a surface through which gases, liquids, or fine solids may pass. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L porus f. Gk poros passage, pore 2. v.intr. (foll. by over) 1 be absorbed in studying (a book etc.). 2 meditate on,… …   Useful english dictionary

• pour — pore, pour The verb pore means ‘to think closely about (a subject)’ and is chiefly used in the phrasal verb to pore over (a book etc.). It is sometimes mistakenly written as pour, perhaps by false analogy with ‘pouring attention’ over something …   Modern English usage

• por´er — pore1 «pr, pohr», intransitive verb, pored, por|ing. 1. to gaze earnestly or steadily: »She pored over the picture book in silence enjoying the colors. 2. to study long and steadily: »He would rather pore over a book than play …   Useful english dictionary

• Pored — Pore Pore, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Poring}.] [OE. poren, of uncertain origin; cf. D. porren to poke, thrust, Gael. purr.] To look or gaze steadily in reading or studying; to fix the attention; to be absorbed; often with on… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Poring — Pore Pore, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Poring}.] [OE. poren, of uncertain origin; cf. D. porren to poke, thrust, Gael. purr.] To look or gaze steadily in reading or studying; to fix the attention; to be absorbed; often with on… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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• Honorific titles in popular music — Honorific titlescite news url=http://www.merriam webster.com/dictionary/honorific title=Merriam Webster Definition: Honorific publisher=Merriam Online Dictionary accessdate=2008 07 29 ( Belonging to or constituting a class of grammatical forms… …   Wikipedia