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Webster 1913 Edition
Scan
Scan
(skăn)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Scanned
(skănd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Scanning
.] 1.
To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.
[Obs.]
Nor stayed till she the highest stage had
scand
. Spenser.
2.
Specifically
(Pros.)
, to go through with, as a verse, marking and distinguishing the feet of which it is composed; to show, in reading, the metrical structure of; to recite metrically. 3.
To go over and examine point by point; to examine with care; to look closely at or into; to scrutinize.
The actions of men in high stations are all conspicuous, and liable to be
scanned
and sifted. Atterbury.
Webster 1828 Edition
Scan
SCAN
,Verb.
T.
1.
To examine with critical care; to scrutinize.The actions of men in high stations are all conspicuous, and liable to be scanned and sifted.
2.
To examine a verse by counting the feet; or according to modern usage, to recite or measure verse by distinguishing the feet in pronunciation. Thus in Latin and Greek, a hexameter verse is resolved into six feet by scanning, and the true quantities are determined.Definition 2024
scan
scan
English
Verb
scan (third-person singular simple present scans, present participle scanning, simple past and past participle scanned)
- To examine sequentially, part by part.
- (computing) To create a digital copy of an image using a scanner.
- To look about for.
- He scanned the horizon.
- (poetry) To fit or conform to a specific meter.
- (obsolete) To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.
Derived terms
- forescan
Translations
examine sequentially
create a digital copy of an image using a scanner
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look about for
form a poetic metre
Noun
scan (plural scans)
- An instance of scanning.
- The operators vacated the room during the scan.
- The result or output of a scanning process.
- The doctors looked at the scans and made a diagnosis.
Translations
instance of scanning
result or output of a scanning process