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
- 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.
- 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.
- verb To object to something vociferously; to rail against in speech.
- verb To disclaim, disavow.
scan — full definition
- verb To look over something quickly, often searching for particular information.
- verb To examine something closely or systematically, especially using a device or medical equipment.
- verb To convert a physical document or image into digital form using a scanner.
- noun The result of a scanning process, especially a medical image.