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scander — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • declaim verb To recite, e.g., poetry, in a theatrical way; to speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; bemouth; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.
  • scan verb To look over something quickly, often searching for particular information.

Senses

scander is used for these senses in English:

  • declaim To recite, e.g., poetry, in a theatrical way; to speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; bemouth; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.
  • scan (poetry, transitive) To read or mark so as to show a specific metre. [from 14th C.]

declaim — full definition

  1. verb To recite, e.g., poetry, in a theatrical way; to speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; bemouth; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.
  2. verb To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking.
  3. verb To object to something vociferously; to rail against in speech.
  4. verb To disclaim, disavow.

scan — full definition

  1. verb To look over something quickly, often searching for particular information.
  2. verb To examine something closely or systematically, especially using a device or medical equipment.
  3. verb To convert a physical document or image into digital form using a scanner.
  4. noun The result of a scanning process, especially a medical image.

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