Antonyms for re-discover
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dih-skuhv-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈskʌv ər |
Definition of re-discover
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
- He had been gone from her so long, she wanted to re-discover him, his position, what he was now.
- Extract from : « Sons and Lovers » by David Herbert Lawrence
- It was left for the nineteenth century to re-discover the instrument when the Mont Cenis tunnel was half completed.
- Extract from : « Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations » by Archibald Sayce
- They have helped France to penetrate official reticence and re-discover America's surviving soul.
- Extract from : « Friends of France » by Various
- Over and over again I have tried to re-discover that Boston, but it is gone, never to return.
- Extract from : « A Son of the Middle Border » by Hamlin Garland
- Now, looking at it dispassionately, how do you expect Eva and me ever to re-discover the happiness we have so effectually lost?
- Extract from : « The Making of a Soul » by Kathlyn Rhodes
- Spain may yet re-discover herself and her true place in the comity of nations.
- Extract from : « South America and the War » by F. A. Kirkpatrick
Synonyms for re-discover
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