"read over" meaning in English

See read over in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: reads over [present, singular, third-person], reading over [participle, present], read over [participle, past], read over [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|reads over|reading over|read over|read over}} read over (third-person singular simple present reads over, present participle reading over, simple past and past participle read over)
  1. To read (a document, book, etc.) through, though not necessarily thoroughly.
    Sense id: en-read_over-en-verb-NkTeUHm4 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments
  2. In superstitious belief, to read from the Bible out loud physically over something so as to confer some magical relief or power.
    Sense id: en-read_over-en-verb-oGhIQdno Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (over) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (over): 34 66

Inflected forms

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