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Discover

//dɪˈskʌvə// name, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Discover Card, a brand of credit card. US
  2. 2
    Discover magazine, a general audience science magazine launched in 1980.
Verb
  1. 1
    To find or learn something for the first time. transitive

    "Turning the corner, I discovered a lovely little shop. I discovered that they sold widgets."

  2. 2
    get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally wordnet
  3. 3
    To remove the cover from; to uncover (a head, building etc.). obsolete, transitive

    "He set down his bags beside him, on the beautiful red floor, and he took off his hat, for he had reached his destination, discovering his scant red hair, and laid it on the table beside him."

  4. 4
    identify as in botany or biology, for example wordnet
  5. 5
    To expose, uncover. archaic, transitive

    "The gust of wind discovered a bone in the sand."

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  1. 6
    make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret wordnet
  2. 7
    To create by moving a piece out of another piece's line of attack. transitive

    "This move discovers an attack on a vital pawn."

  3. 8
    make a discovery, make a new finding wordnet
  4. 9
    To question (a person) as part of discovery in a lawsuit. transitive

    "Indeed, the plaintiffs suggest that they may not need to call Ms. Samji at all if they are allowed to discover the defendant on the new documents before any new trial takes place."

  5. 10
    see for the first time; make a discovery wordnet
  6. 11
    To reveal (information); to divulge, make known. archaic, transitive

    "I discovered my plans to the rest of the team."

  7. 12
    discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes wordnet
  8. 13
    To reconnoitre, explore (an area). obsolete, transitive

    "they seyde the same, and were aggreed that Sir Clegis, Sir Claryon, and Sir Clement the noble, that they sholde dyscover the woodys, bothe the dalys and the downys."

  9. 14
    find unexpectedly wordnet
  10. 15
    To manifest without design; to show; to exhibit. obsolete, transitive

    "The scandal of a lie is in a manner lost and annihilated when diffused among several thousands; as a drop of the blackest tincture wears away and vanishes when mixed and confused in a considerable body of water; the blot is still in it, but is not able to discover itself."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English discoveren, from Old French descovrir, from Late Latin discoperīre < discooperiō, discooperīre, from Latin dis- + cooperiō. Displaced native Old English onfindan.

Etymology 2

Trade name, from discover; introduced by Sears in 1985.

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