il parcourut

looked over, scanned

p a ʁ . k u . ʁ y → parcourir
parcour traverse; go through + ut il/elle past tense
verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Rare #38,472
looked over, scanned This is a literary past-tense form.
FR: Elle parcourut le menu avant de commander.
EN: She looked over the menu before ordering.
Conjugation of parcourir
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third parcourut —

Il parcourut un magazine.

He flipped through a magazine.

Un frisson parcourut ma colonne vertébrale.

A shiver ran down my spine.

Il parcourut mon rapport.

He looked through my report.

Il parcourut le journal avant d'aller se coucher.

He read through the newspaper before going to bed.

Mon père parcourut rapidement le journal.

My father quickly scanned the newspaper.

Il parcourut du regard la salle de classe.

He looked around the classroom.

Elle parcourut le magazine.

She flipped through the magazine.

Il la parcourut de la cave au grenier.

He searched it from top to bottom.