proof-read

See also: proofread

English

Verb

proof-read (third-person singular simple present proof-reads, present participle proof-reading, simple past and past participle proof-read)

1. Alternative spelling of proofread
   • 2003 November 6, Lynne Truss, “Merely Conventional Signs”, in Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, London: Profile Books Ltd, →ISBN, page 180:

     Knowing that the printed word is always edited, typeset and proof-read before it reaches us, we appreciate its literary authority.