rescan

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verb

To scan again.

OriginEnglish scan ← Middle English scanne ← Latin scandō →
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Meanings

verbrescan (third-person singular simple present rescans, present participle rescanning, simple past and past participle rescanned)

present singular third person rescans · participle present rescanning · participle past rescanned · past rescanned

  1. To scan again.
nounrescan (plural rescans)

plural rescans

  1. A repeated scan; the act or result of scanning again.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*skend-
  7. Proto-Italic*skandō
  8. Latinscandō
  9. Middle Englishscanden
  10. Middle Englishscanne
  11. Englishscan
  12. Englishrescan

From re- + scan.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

CarnesCasnercasernScarnecranse
Cite this entry
APA

rescan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rescan

MLA

“rescan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rescan. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rescan,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rescan.

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