1. scan - Noun
2. scan - Verb
To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA brain scan may reveal the neural signs of anxiety, but a Kokoschka painting, or a Schiele self-portrait, reveals what an anxiety state really feels like. Both perspectives are necessary if we are to fully grasp the nature of the mind, yet they are rarely brought together. Eric Kandel
In vain would science scan and trace Firmly her aspect. All the while, There gleams upon her far-off face A vague unfathomable smile. Alfred Austin
The gods spend the wealth the universe gathers, they scan the wonders and fling them to nothingness. That's why they're the gods! I told you they were devils. Fritz Leiber
Creativity is the result of a struggle between vitality and form. As anyone who has tried to write a sonnet or scan poetry, is aware, the forms ideally do not take away from the creativity but may add to it. Rollo May
Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman; Tho' they may gang a kennin wrang, To step aside is human. Robert Burns
Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain. William Cowper