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.