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Webster 1913 Edition
Perlustration
Perˊlus-tra′tion
,Noun.
[L.
perlustrare
to wander all through, to survey. See 3d Luster
.] The act of viewing all over.
[Archaic]
Howell.
Webster 1828 Edition
Perlustration
PERLUSTRA'TION
,Noun.
The act of viewing all over.
Definition 2024
perlustration
perlustration
English
Noun
perlustration (plural perlustrations)
- the action or fact of perlustrating
- thorough examination of a document or of correspondence
- 1962: Yes, after a thorough perlustration of the loot that Andron and Niagarushka had obtained from the Queen's rosewood writing desk (mostly bills, and treasured snapshots, and those silly medals) a letter from the King did turn up — Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire
Translations
thorough examination of a document or of correspondence
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