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Grammar : Adj |
Spell : dih-skuhv-er |
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈskʌv ər |
Definition of discovered
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.
- adj found
- He had discovered years before that he was sometimes able thus to puzzle her momentarily.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- But this slab of black basalt was different from anything that had ever been discovered.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- We do not know which genius first discovered the use of pottery but he deserves a statue.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- I named it the Alexander Spring, after my brother, who discovered it.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- They made maps of the sky and they discovered the first five planets.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- She discovered that Emma's conjecture had been only too correct.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- I answer, there are none to be had; such must be discovered by each for himself.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- This was no sandybedded river like others we had discovered.
- Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
- Glancing about her she discovered that it came from a room half under ground.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- When I discovered that I was unfit to hold that trust any longer, I quit.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
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