Proofread (verb)

1. To read and correct errors in a text, especially a printed text, before it is printed or published.
2. To review and correct errors in a text, document or manuscript.

Origin:

From proof + read, modeled on words such as proof + test, proof + sheet, etc.

Examples:

1. She proofread the manuscript before submitting it to the publisher.
2. I need to proofread this document before I send it to my boss.
3. The editor proofread the article for errors before it was printed.
4. He proofread the letter to make sure there were no spelling mistakes.
5. The teacher asked the students to proofread their essays before turning them in.