Lewis & Short

per-censĕo, ŭi, 2, v. a., to go through or over a thing.

  1. I. Lit., to count over, reckon up, enumerate: inveniendi locos, Cic. Part. 36, 127: gentes, Liv. 33, 32; 10, 36, 15: numerum legionum, Tac. A. 4, 4: res Caesaris, Plin. 7, 26, 27, § 99.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. In gen., to survey, view; lit. and trop., to review, examine: manipulos, Varr. R. R. 1, 50, 1: orationes, Liv. 32, 21: captivos, id. 6, 25: omnia vultu, Sil. 6, 648: orationem acri subtilique ingenio, Gell. 7, 3, 10.
    2. B. To go over, travel through: Thessaliam, Liv. 34, 52: totum orbem, Ov. M. 2, 335: signa, id. F. 3, 109.