Peruse vs. Spell

Perusenoun

An examination or perusal; an instance of perusing.

Peruseverb

(transitive) To examine or consider with care.

Peruseverb

(transitive) To read completely.

Peruseverb

To look over casually; to skim.

Peruseverb

To go from place to place; to wander.

Peruseverb

To observe; to examine with care.

Peruseverb

To read through; to read carefully.

Peruseverb

examine or consider with attention and in detail;

Spellnoun

Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.

Spellnoun

A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula.

Spellnoun

(obsolete) Speech, discourse.

Spellnoun

A shift (of work); (rare) a set of workers responsible for a specific turn of labour.

Spellnoun

(informal) A definite period (of work or other activity).

Spellnoun

(colloquial) An indefinite period of time (usually with a qualifier); by extension, a relatively short distance.

Spellnoun

A period of rest; time off.

Spellnoun

A period of illness, or sudden interval of bad spirits, disease etc.

Spellnoun

(cricket) An uninterrupted series of alternate overs bowled by a single bowler.

Spellnoun

(dialectal) A splinter, usually of wood; a spelk.

Spellnoun

The wooden bat in the game of trap ball, or knurr and spell.

Spellverb

To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.

Spellverb

(obsolete) To speak, to declaim.

Spellverb

(obsolete) To tell; to relate; to teach.

Spellverb

To read (something) as though letter by letter; to peruse slowly or with effort.

Spellverb

To write or say the letters that form a word or part of a word.

Spellverb

(intransitive) To be able to write or say the letters that form words.

Spellverb

(transitive) Of letters: to compose (a word).

Spellverb

To indicate that (some event) will occur.

Spellverb

To clarify; to explain in detail.

Spellverb

To constitute; to measure.

Spellverb

(transitive) To work in place of (someone).

Spellverb

(transitive) To rest (someone or something), to give someone or something a rest or break.

Spellverb

To rest from work for a time.

Spellnoun

A spelk, or splinter.

Spellnoun

The relief of one person by another in any piece of work or watching; also, a turn at work which is carried on by one person or gang relieving another; as, a spell at the pumps; a spell at the masthead.

Spellnoun

The time during which one person or gang works until relieved; hence, any relatively short period of time, whether a few hours, days, or weeks.

Spellnoun

One of two or more persons or gangs who work by spells.

Spellnoun

A gratuitous helping forward of another's work; as, a logging spell.

Spellnoun

A story; a tale.

Spellnoun

A stanza, verse, or phrase supposed to be endowed with magical power; an incantation; hence, any charm.

Spellverb

To supply the place of for a time; to take the turn of, at work; to relieve; as, to spell the helmsman.

Spellverb

To tell; to relate; to teach.

Spellverb

To put under the influence of a spell; to affect by a spell; to bewitch; to fascinate; to charm.

Spellverb

To constitute; to measure.

Spellverb

To tell or name in their proper order letters of, as a word; to write or print in order the letters of, esp. the proper letters; to form, as words, by correct orthography.

Spellverb

To discover by characters or marks; to read with difficulty; - usually with out; as, to spell out the sense of an author; to spell out a verse in the Bible.

Spellverb

To form words with letters, esp. with the proper letters, either orally or in writing.

Spellverb

To study by noting characters; to gain knowledge or learn the meaning of anything, by study.

Spellnoun

a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation

Spellnoun

a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else);

Spellnoun

a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition;

Spellnoun

a verbal formula believed to have magical force;

Spellverb

recite the letters of or give the spelling of;

Spellverb

indicate or signify;

Spellverb

write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word);

Spellverb

place under a spell