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Discover

Discover (discover)
v. t.(?)
Dis*cov"er
[imp. *** p. p. Discovered (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n. Discovering.] [OE. discoveren, discuren, descuren, OF. descovrir, descouvrir, F. dé]couvrir;
  1. To uncover.
    [Obs.]

    Whether any man hath pulled down or discovered any church. Abp. Grindal.

  2. To disclose; to lay open to view; to make visible; to reveal; to make known; to show (what has been secret, unseen, or unknown).

    Go, draw aside the curtains, and discover
    The several caskets to this noble prince.     Shak.

    Prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue. Bacon.

    We will discover ourselves unto them. 1 Sam. xiv. 8.

    Discover not a secret to another. Prov. xxv. 9.

  3. To obtain for the first time sight or knowledge of, as of a thing existing already, but not perceived or known; to find; to ascertain; to espy; to detect.

    Some to discover islands far away. Shak.

  4. To manifest without design; to show.

    The youth discovered a taste for sculpture. C. J. Smith.

  5. To explore; to examine.
    [Obs.]

    Syn. -- To disclose; bring out; exhibit; show; manifest; reveal; communicate; impart; tell; espy; find; out; detect. -- To Discover, Invent. We discover what existed before, but remained unknown; we invent by forming combinations which are either entirely new, or which attain their end by means unknown before. Columbus discovered America; Newton discovered the law of gravitation; Whitney invented the cotton gin; Galileo invented the telescope.

Discover

Discover (discover)
v. i.
Dis*cov"er
  1. To discover or show one's self.
    [Obs.]

    This done, they discover. Decker.

    Nor was this the first time that they discovered to be followers of this world. Milton.













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