v. To mount by steps; to go through with step by step.v. 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.v. To go over and examine point by point; to examine with care; to look closely at or into; to scrutinize.v. To examine quickly, from point to point, in search of something specific.v. To form an image or an electronic representation of, by passing a beam of light or electrons over, and detecting and recording the reflected or transmitted signal.