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Grammar : Verb
Spell : dih-skuhv-er
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈskʌv ər

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Définition of re-discovering

Origin :
  • c.1300, "divulge, reveal, disclose," from Old French descovrir "uncover, unroof, unveil, reveal, betray," from Late Latin discooperire, from Latin dis- "opposite of" (see dis-) + cooperire "to cover up" (see cover). At first with a sense of betrayal or malicious exposure (discoverer originally meant "informant"); the meaning "to obtain knowledge or sight of what was not known" is from 1550s. Related: Discovered; discovering.
  • As in recover : verb find again
Example sentences :
  • Every cadet at the Officers' College dreams of re-discovering them, to use as a weapon, but nobody ever has.
  • Extract from : « Flight From Tomorrow » by Henry Beam Piper

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