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 upon, and now usually with over.``Painfully to pore upon a book.'' --Shak.

The eye grows weary with poring perpetually on the same thing. --Dryden.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)