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Synonyms for re-discovered

Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : dih-skuhv-er
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈskʌv ər

Top 10 synonyms for re-discovered
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Définition of re-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.
  • As in recovered : adj renewed
  • As in recover : verb find again
Example sentences :
  • Report says that someone has re-discovered the secret of the old masters.
  • Extract from : « The Chocolate Soldier » by C. T. Studd
  • Some lost art of the Egyptians is re-discovered by an American.
  • Extract from : « Commercial Law » by Samuel Williston, Richard D. Currier, and Richard W. Hill
  • The British "re-discovered" Latin America more than a century ago.
  • Extract from : « South America and the War » by F. A. Kirkpatrick
  • He has been, so to speak, re-discovered and embraced as a guide and a prophet.
  • Extract from : « Heart and Soul » by Victor Mapes (AKA Maveric Post)
  • The art of producing this dye has been lost, although some aver that in recent years it has been re-discovered.
  • Extract from : « Rugs: Oriental and Occidental, Antique & Modern » by Rosa Belle Holt
  • This is what Finsen re-discovered in the nineteenth century, and for it was given the Nobel prize in the twentieth century.
  • Extract from : « The Popes and Science » by James J. Walsh
  • Then he re-discovered God, a God who was immanent in nature and in man, and found he was a little god himself.
  • Extract from : « The Road to Damascus » by August Strindberg
  • If frankness were banished from the earth, it would be re-discovered in a tte--tte between two rogues.
  • Extract from : « The Dramas of Victor Hugo » by Victor Hugo
  • He was re-discovered—weeks later—in the city, getting prices on wholesale tool machinery.
  • Extract from : « Behind the Beyond » by Stephen Leacock
  • And that, too, seemed forgotten at the time, to be re-discovered later with a sense of pleasant surprise.
  • Extract from : « The Soul of a Child » by Edwin Bjorkman

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