Etymology

perlection

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Today it means: the reading through of something. Full definition →

Latin perlēctiō
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  1. Latin · derived fromperlēctiō“the act of reading through”
  2. English todayperlection

From Latin perlēctiō (“the act of reading through”), from perlegō (“read through”), from per (“through”) + legō (“read”).

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